Product Description

Don't know your isosceles from your equilateral? Forgotten what actually happened in 1066? Do you know when you've left a participle hanging? And are you left slack-jawed when your children ask you what 'quid pro quo' means? Bewildered already? Fret no longer. HOMEWORK FOR GROWN-UPS is a brilliantly informative and entertaining book of old-school knowledge for adults. It swots up on mathematics (covering algebra, Pythagoras' theorem, prime numbers and the Fibonacci sequence), English grammar and literature (do you know how to read a poem?), chemistry and the sciences (including the Big Bang theory), geography (can you name the planets in order?), history (how to remember the kings and queens of Britain, plus the Romans and the Magna Carta), art, Latin, modern languages, PE, home economics, and much more. HOMEWORK FOR GROWN-UPS is packed with essential facts, figures and theories, along with fun but challenging test papers to keep you on your toes and reignite those dormant braincells.A practical and wonderfully nostalgic revision guide for adults, HOMEWORK FOR GROWN UPS will entertain while exercising the mind - and might even equip parents to handle their child's homework without humiliation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2311 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 512 pages

Review
`This lovely cloth-bound book is packed full of facts'
--The Oldie

Review
`an amusingly testing compendium'

From the Back Cover
Any idea why the sky is blue?

Confused about chromosomes?

Don’t know your isosceles from your equilateral?

Forgotten what actually happened in 1066?

And are you left slack-jawed when your children ask you what ‘quid pro quo’ means?

With lessons in mathematics and algebra, English language and literature, chemistry and the sciences, geography, history, Latin, modern languages and more, Homework for Grown-ups… is packed with essential information, facts, figures and theories, along with fun but challenging test questions to keep you on your toes and reignite those long-dormant brain-cells.

A brilliantly informative and nostalgic revision guide for grown-ups, Homework for Grown-ups will entertain while exercising the mind and equip you to handle your child’s homework without humiliation.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic
I love this beautiful book. It is crammed full of everything I learnt at school and things i sadly didn't and brought it all flooding back. The authors have pulled off a good balance of fun writing style and facts expressed clearly and concisely. I would recommend as a gift for everyone who needs to refresh their minds before helping too clever children with their homework.

SUPERB!!
I bought this book for a friends birthday who absolutely loved it, so much so I'm now going to buy it for all my relatives this Christmas. I love the quizzes in the book, and it is genuinely amazing to have all the things you learnt at school come flooding back. I can't recommend Homework for Grownups highly enough. Buy it!

Top notch
This is a hugely informative, substantial and entertaining book, nice to hold and look at. Everything you have forgotten from school - and more - is here. Highly recommended.