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Paperback edition of the surprise Christmas bestseller, which sold 20,000 copies in 2 months. Collects oddly brilliant questions and answers from the infamously challenging Oxbridge interviews of potential students. Covers such questions as 'Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship?' and 'Is nature natural?'.
Synopsis
Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? This work takes the reader through philosophy to physics, literature to logarithms considering why the pole vaulting world record will never exceed 6.5m, whether there are too many people in the world, how to reduce crime through architecture, and more.