人们有许多对于历史或知识的误解,我们不能让这些错误的思想跟着我们一辈子!本书收入了30个常见的错误知识,透过专家分析以及解释,纠正我们的误解!
书中的30个思想:
“Che was a revolutionary hero. »
“The English do everything backwards. »
“Astrology is a false science. »
“Australians are descended from convicts. »
“We only use 20% of our intellectual capacity. »
“Renewable energies are the return to candles. »
“The Masonic symbols were inspired by the Pharaonic religion. »
“Alan Turing is the inventor of artificial intelligence. »
“Italy was the cradle of the Renaissance. »
“Joan of Arc was condemned for witchcraft. »
“The Age of Enlightenment is the Age of Reason. »
“Memory is selective. »
“Mozart died ruined, forgotten by everyone. »
“Nanotechnologies are a new industrial revolution. »
“The Vikings sailed all the seas. »
“Watergate, Dreyfus affair… When the media denounces the misdeeds of the secret services. »
“Organic is too expensive, it’s for the rich. »
“The Japanese have strange morals. »
“Women began to work during the First World War. »
“Left-handedness has always been considered a defect. »
“The Phoenicians were a people of merchant sailors. »
“The Easter Island statues have no history. »
“Yoga is a centuries-old Hindu practice. »
“The destiny of John F. Kennedy is the culmination of the ambition of an entire family. »
“It was in the Middle Ages that we witnessed the birth of universities. »
“Napoleon wanted to imitate the Roman emperors. »
“Parents pass on their phobias to their children. »
“We can measure intelligence through tests. »
“Natural selection leads to the extinction of species. »
“The Vatican is one of the rare states where Latin is still spoken. »
作者群:
Gérald Arboit, Régis Boyer, Jean-Jacques Breton, Pierre Cabanes, Jean Cambier, Marie-Véronique Clin, Olivier Dabène, Christophe David, Christian Destain, Alexandre Dratwicki, Jean-Jacques Feldmeyer, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia, René- Guy Guérin, MIchel Guglielmi, Pascale Haag, Thierry Lentz, Francis Meunier, Jean Moreau, Annick Ohayon, Marie-Alice du Pasquier-Grall, Antoine Pelissolo, Philippe Pelletier, Sarah Pickard,
Régine Plas, Jacques Portes, Hervé Rayner, Yannick Ripa, Blandine Ripert, Nicolas Steeves, Laure Verdon and Dominique Vinck.