bomko

(This review is of the first edition) This is a great book for reminding the reader of the things they learned in high school and college. It is also pretty good at teaching you the things that you should have learned. So, it really does as it promises -- fills in the gaps in your education. That said, it in itself is incomplete, but that is probably how it must be. Some sections give short shrift to various subject areas and really don't give the reader enough information at all. For example, this was apparent in the sections on Psychology, which focuses exclusively on analysis and leaves out important formative scholars like Skinner and all social scientific approaches to psych. However, most chapters give you exactly enough to get the basics of a subject down -- but they are the basics. Which again, is exactly what this book is about. I agree with the other reviewer that anything you don't know will take you several re-reads to get it down pat. However, getting the fundamentals of whatever subjects you are weak in is easy as the chapters are nicely organized into smaller, clearly marked, fact paragraphs. Overall, I recommend this book highly for anyone who wants to learn the basics of some subject they do not know or remember the subjects they have forgotten years out of school.

2022-10-29 03:20