num_pages: 416
description: Your reference search begins and ends hereThe Order of Things is a new kind of reference book for a new information age. Whether you're disputing answers to your favorite board game, helping your child prepare for a test or freshening up on your party trivia, this will be the only reference book you'll need to consult.This brilliantly conceived and eclectic compilation of hard-to-find information is an unprecedented new resource -- perfect for game buffs, know-it-alls and lovers of knowledge.Classification expert Barbara Ann Kipfer gives you more than 400 informative lists, hierarchies and illustrations divided into thirteen essential areas of Earth Sciences    Life SciencesPhysical SciencesMathematics and MeasurementsTechnologyReligionHistorySocial SciencesBusiness and EconomicsThe ArtsDomestic LifeSports and RecreationGeneral KnowledgeA sampling of the information you'll find uniquely compiled in this single the arrangement of the human skeletonthe dimensions of a tennis courttable settingsphases of the moonthe significance of the digits on a checkhierarchy of angels
language: English
title: The Order of Things: How Everything in the World Is Organized into Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders; Revised Edition
titlecomplete: The Order of Things: How Everything in the World Is Organized into Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders; Revised Edition
genres: Society, Nonfiction, Education, Science, Reference, Poetry, Trivia, Business, Writing
ratings_count: 238
publisher: Random House Reference