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How To Increase General Knowledge

Via The 30-Second Book Series

Maxim Li
February 09, 2024

If you want to increase your knowledge in a wide range of areas. Then you’ve got to check out the 30-Second book series.

Books in the bestselling 30-Second series each open up a key area in the arts and sciences, with each concept within designed to be understood in just half a minute. From politics to maths, quantum theory to the brain.

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As of 30 January 2024 these are the cheapest prices I was able to find on the World of Books website (global store for used books) for 48 items in the series:

There are more books, but I couldn’t find them on wob.com.

Book title	Price (£) in 30 January 2024
30-Second Anatomy By Gabrielle M. Finn	4.30
30-Second Ancient Greece By Matthew Nicholls	3.49
30-Second Anthropology By Simon Underdown	9.00
30-Second Architecture By Edward Denison	3.90
30-Second Astronomy By Francois Fressin	3.50
30-Second Beer By Sophie Atherton	6.70
30 Second Bible By Dr. Russell Re Manning	3.49
30-Second Biochemistry By Stephen Contakes	8.10
30-Second Biology By Nick Battey	7.90
30-Second Brain By Anil Seth	7.40
30-Second Chemistry By Nivaldo Tro	9.99
30-Second Cinema By Pamela Hutchinson	8.40
30-Second Classical Music By Dr. Joanne Cormac	6.20
30-Second Climate By Joanna D Haigh	10.80
30-Second Coding By Mark Steadman	13.00
30-Second Data Science By Liberty Vittert	10.10
30-Second Economics By Donald Marron	3.50
30-Second Einstein By Brian Clegg	9.99
30-Second Elements By Eric Scerri	9.80
30-Second Energy By Brian Clegg	11.10
30-Second Evolution By Mark Fellowes	4.30
30-Second Fashion By Rebecca Arnold	4.30
30-Second Feminism By Jess McCabe	13.00
30-Second Genetics By Jonathan Weitzman	7.90
30-Second Great Art By Dr. Lee Beard	13.00
30-Second Great Inventions By David Boyle	3.90
30-Second Jazz By Dave Gelly	11.70
30-Second Leonardo da Vinci By Marina Wallace	4.80
30-Second London By Edward Dennison	4.80
30-Second Maths By Richard J. Brown	4.20
30-Second Medicine By Dr. Gabrielle M Finn	4.80
30-Second Mythology By Robert A. Segal	5.80
30-Second Napoleon By Charles Esdaile	7.40
30-Second New York By Sarah Fenton	13.00
30-Second Numbers By Prof. Niamh Nic Daeid	5.30
30-Second Nutrition By Prof. Julie Lovegrove	6.50
30-Second Oceans By Mattias Green	12.69
30-Second Opera By Hugo Shirley	3.49
30-Second Paris By John Flower	3.60
30-Second Philosophies By Julian Baggini	3.80
30-Second Photography By Brian Dilg	3.70
30-Second Politics By Steven L. Taylor	3.50
30-Second Psychology By Christian Jarrett	3.70
30-Second Quantum Theory By Brian Clegg	7.50
30-Second Religion By Russell Re Manning	3.49
30-Second Rock Music By Mike Evans	12.00
30-Second Shakespeare By Ros Barber	3.90
30-Second Theories By Martin Rees	3.50
30-Second Twentieth Century By Jonathan T. Reynolds	3.60
30-Second Weather By Adam Scaife	8.10
30-Second Whisky By Charles MacLean	6.20
30-Second Wine By Gerard Basset, OBE	6.60
30-Second Zoology By Mark Fellowes	14.99

One might argue you can get all of this information for free on Wikipedia. But you’re paying for the time it the expert writer to filter out all of the excess information in a concise manner through years of experience and expertise. Which I believe is worth every penny.

I have actually ordered 23 books (the ones under £5) which is going to keep me busy for a very long time. They arrived in great quality, so it’s a trustworthy website.

I hope this benefitted you! If you decide to read some of these books then I wish you a happy reading!

23 books in the 30-Second book series (fyi: they arrived in 3 separate packages).