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The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday : 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind. Cover Image Book Book

The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday : 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind.

New York Times Company. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780312571344 :
  • ISBN: 0312571348 :
  • Physical Description: 550 pages
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : St Martins Press, 2010.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Foreword x
Weekend 1 The Birth of Western Literature
1(10)
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Origins of Theater: Greek Drama
Weekend 2 The Most Violent Century in History
11(10)
World War I The War to End All Wars
World War II Tens of Millions Killed
Weekend 3 American Popular Music I
21(10)
The Great American Songbook
The Origins of Rock
Weekend 4 Japan: A Brief History
31(10)
Ancient Civilization through 1868
1868-Present
Weekend 5 Ancient Egypt
41(10)
A Political History
A Cultural History
Weekend 6 A History of Classical Music
51(10)
Classical Music to the Romantic Period
Beethoven and the Romantic Era
Weekend 7 The American Civil War
61(10)
Slavery and the Road to Civil War
A House Divided: The American Civil War
Weekend 8 The Computer Revolution
71(10)
The History of Computing
The Internet and the World Wide Web
Weekend 9 The World on the Brink
81(10)
The Cold War
Nuclear Weapons
Weekend 10 The Universe
91(10)
The Big Bang, Stars, and Galaxies
The Sun and Its Family
Weekend 11 The United States After the Civil War
101(10)
The Gilded Age
The Progressive Era
Weekend 12 The Bible
111(10)
The Hebrew Bible, The Old Testament
The New Testament
Weekend 13 The World in Your Living Room
121(10)
The Radio Music Box
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Weekend 14 The Religions of Asia
131(10)
Hinduism
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism
Weekend 15 The Written Word
141(10)
Writing and Printing
Newspapers and Magazines
Weekend 16 Medicine: A Brief History
151(10)
Medicine From the Ancients to the Enlightenment
Modern Medicine
Weekend 17 Islam
161(10)
The Religion of Islam
The Expansion of Islam
Weekend 18 The Renaissance
171(10)
Literature and Ideas
Renaissance Art
Weekend 19 "The World Turned Upside Down"
181(10)
The American Revolution
The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
Weekend 20 The Environment
191(10)
Global Warming and Climate Change
Pollution and the Rise of Environmentalism
Weekend 21 William Shakespeare
201(10)
His Life and Work
Shakespeare's Major Plays
Weekend 22 Homo sapiens and the Birth of Civilization
211(10)
The Peopling of the World
The Rise of Civilization
Weekend 23 Physics: A Brief History
221(10)
The Basics
Matter, Energy, and Einstein
Weekend 24 The Reformation of the Christian World
231(10)
The Protestant Revolution
The Counter-Reformation and the Wars of Religion
Weekend 25 Opera and Dance
241(10)
Opera: A Brief History
The History of Dance
Weekend 26 The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era
251(10)
To Kill a King: The French Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of Europe
Weekend 27 Energy
261(10)
Oil
Nuclear Power
Weekend 28 The Art Instinct
271(10)
Prehistoric and Ancient Art
Art in the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
Weekend 29 The European Novel
281(10)
The French, German, and Russian Novel
The English Novel
Weekend 30 The Sixties
291(10)
The Civil Rights Movement
The Vietnam War
Weekend 31 Forms of Life
301(10)
The Animal Kingdom
The Kingdoms of Life
Weekend 32 The Jazz Age and New Deal
311(10)
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression and New Deal
Weekend 33 English Poetry: An Overview
321(10)
From Beowulf to Paradise Lost
Romantics and Victorians
Weekend 34 Great American Writers
331(10)
American Prose
American Poetry
Weekend 35 The Human Story
341(10)
Evolution: The Theory and the Evidence
Genetics: The Blueprint of Life
Weekend 36 China
351(12)
The Mandate Of Heaven
Modern China: From Foreign Rule to World Power
Weekend 37 Europe Conquers the World
363(10)
The Age of European Expansion
Europe Colonizes the World
Weekend 38 Judeo-Christian Religions
373(10)
Judaism
Christianity
Weekend 39 American Popular Music II
383(10)
From the Blues to Hip-Hop
Folk and Country Music
Weekend 40 Philosophy: The Life of the Mind
393(10)
Rational Thought in the Ancient World
From Faith to Reason
Weekend 41 The Law
403(12)
Law in the Ancient World
The American Constitutional System
Weekend 42 Modern Thought
415(12)
Modern Philosophy
Psychology: Science and the Human Mind
Weekend 43 Modernism in Art and Music
427(10)
The Shock and the New: 20th Century Art
20th Century Classical Music
Weekend 44 The Earth and Its Elements
437(10)
The Earth
The Elements
Weekend 45 The Industrial Revolution
447(10)
Origins of the Modern Economic World
Marx and the Challenge to the New Order
Weekend 46 Poetry: An Introduction
457(10)
Poetry from the Greeks to the Middle Ages
How Poetry Works
Weekend 47 Languages of the World
467(12)
Languages of the World
The English Language Today
Weekend 48 Paiting in the 19th Century
479(10)
American Painting
Impressionism and After
Weekend 49 Marvels of Modern Technology
489(12)
Electricity
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Weekend 50 Ancient Rome
501(12)
From Republic to Empire
The Empire
Weekend 51 American Film
513(12)
American Film: A Brief History
Great American Film Directors
Weekend 52 Mathematics
525(8)
A History of Mathematics
Branches of Mathematics
Index 533

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