Lies You Learned at School

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By Michael Powell

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On Sale
Apr 12, 2011
Page Count
160 pages
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BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781435136939

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ebook (Digital original)

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Everyone knows that you shouldn’t believe everything you read in the newspapers, hear on TV, or find on the Internet, but you don’t expect the same advice to apply to what you learned at school. Well, think again, because you can guarantee there’s heaps of stuff in your head that you’ve been taught that just isn’t true, or it if is, has been dumbed down so much as to be just plain wrong. And that’s before you even begin to consider the political bias that may have been added to your schooling. If you don’t believe us, read this book and you’ll discover how much dodgy information you’ve been carrying around in your noodle all these years.
  • Two plus two doesnt always equal four
  • Henry VIII only had two wives
  • Napoleon wasnt French
  • Mirrors dont reverse everything
  • Cold isnt the opposite of hot
  • Clouds are heavy
  • Gravity is weak, and theres plenty of it in space
  • Ben Franklins kite wasnt hit by lightning
  • Electrons travel slowly
  • Nothing in the universe is really unique
  • The big bang wasnt big or a bang
  • The U.S. isnt a democracy (its a constitutional republic)

Michael Powell

About the Author

Michael Powell is a bestselling author of over twenty-five books for both children and adults. Before becoming a writer he trained at RADA and spent several years as an internationally unknown actor and musical director. He lives in Somerset, England, with his wife and two young children.

Dr. Oliver Fischer is a well-known doctor and expert on tropical diseases in his native South Africa. He has travelled widely throughout the African continent but has yet to suffer anything more severe than an upset stomach; “forewarned is forearmed” is his motto.

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