Back to School for Grown-Ups: Everything You Should Have Learned in Class

Here's a mind-broadening reader's companion for men and women who recall their school days as time spent gazing out the window, and who now realize that they missed out on many interesting ideas. The best and most significant of those lost and half-forgotten ideas are served up in this book, fashioned into lively prose, and supplemented with self-testing Q&A sections to help readers grade their knowledge of facts and understanding of ideas. For clarity and ease of use, Back to School for Grown-Ups is divided into five sections representing five school days. Each day consists of lessons in four subjects, as follows: Section One, Monday: Geography, History, Mathematics, Religion Section Two, Tuesday: Science, Art, Mathematics, Literature Section Three, Wednesday: Civics, Geography, Science, Phys Ed Section Four, Thursday: Literature, History, Art, Civics Section Five, Friday: Religion, Science, Geogr