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Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxbridge Questions

by John Farndon · 2009

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Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? Every year Oxford and Cambridge's learned professors pose such curious conundrums to potential students. This book is a collection of these perplexing problems.

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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thiseducationeducationMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 220 pages

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