Pocket Ref 4th Edition - Hard Cover Author: Thomas J Glover | Language: English | ISBN:
1885071647 | Format: EPUB
Pocket Ref 4th Edition - Hard Cover Description
- Hardcover: 864 pages
- Publisher: Sequoia Pub; 4th edition edition (August 31, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1885071647
- ISBN-13: 978-1885071644
- Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.2 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
The range of facts in this tiny 860-page book will blow your mind.
Amazing and fun, especially if you're techno, mechanical, or scientific.
You might actually use it. Either way, it's hard to put down. A fun gift for the right person, including possibly yourself.
Keep it in the guest bathroom.
This 4th Edition is expanded (by 12%), updated, and better indexed. But it's still 3.2" x 5.4" x 0.9"
Reviews of the previous Pocket Ref - 3rd Edition are the highest I've seen for anything on amazon. (You can also "Look Inside" the 3rd edition on amazon.
Where to start singing the praises?
How about the request that anyone who finds an inaccuracy or misprint contact the publisher, with an address for that right next to the "this book is lost, return it to:" page?
Everything from Algebra to Zinc sheeting gauge tables is in this book, which fits in the space from the pad on the base of my thumb to the end of my little finger in length and the width of my hand when closed. Its about as thick as the end joint on my index finger, and it's packed with stuff you'll need at some time or other.
Need to identify a fastener or bolt? Done. Want to know how much dirt is in that pile over there (or conversely, how much of your driveway will be lost to x cubic yards of dirt)? Done. Log tables (remember them)? Done. Want to learn to tie a bowline and a sheepshank? Done. Need the melting point of lead? done. Need to know exactly how many "6 inch wide" boards you'll need for your deck that you sized in real inches? Done.
Time zones? Done. Area codes? Done. Military ranks so you don't look like an arse when you meet a person on active service? Done. Need to know what day your wife's birthday will fall on every year from now 'til next muckspreading? Done.
Take the stuff you used to get in the ends of diaries when we were kids. Add all the stuff you find in the appendices of Big-ass Dictionaries. Add in the actually useful stuff from the old OU Science Data Book. Now pack it all in a pocket-sized book.
This will bring out the inner eight year old in everyone and is about as useful as a Swiss Army Knife welded to a Leatherman Wave.
And it is all organized into sensible sections. If you need something mathy, you'll find it in a "math" section.
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