Charles Panati
Author of Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
About the Author
Works by Charles Panati
Sacred Origins of Profound Things: The Stories Behind the Rites and Rituals of the World's Religions (1996) 334 copies, 2 reviews
Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias: The Origins of Our Most Cherished Obsessions (1991) 247 copies, 2 reviews
Sexy Origins and Intimate Things: The Rites and Rituals of Straights, Gays, Bis, Drags, Trans, Virgins, and Others (1998) 228 copies
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- Legal name
- Hudson, Charles Panati
- Birthdate
- 1943-03-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Sayville, Long Island, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Villanova University
Columbia University - Occupations
- physicist
science editor (for Newsweek) - Agent
- Ellen Levine
- Short biography
- Villanova University, Physics; Columbia University graduate, Radiation Health Physics; Radiation Physicist, Columbia Medical Center; Newsweek Science Editor; writer of TV show "The Start of Something Big" with Steve Allen; Breeds birds, has four cats, several cockatoos.
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Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles Panati
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A rundown on some fads, mainly of the twentieth century, although some allude back to more simpler times. Covers fads from the discovery of King Tut's tomb to telephone stuffing, hunkerin' and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, although some "fads" are stretching the idea of popularity; Was the song "The Monkey Time" by Major Lance really considered to have been so popular it spawned a mania?
The highlight, of course, is the section on "Yes, We Have No Bananas".
The highlight, of course, is the section on "Yes, We Have No Bananas".
After a while you can come to know what you're going to get from Charles Panati. Lots of little articles full of facts (at least I hope they are) that you can't wait but to drop into conversation so as to sound intelligent.
"Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody" muses on death for a while before moving onto other, just as upbeat topics like cemeteries and last wills and testaments. He eventually gets back to deaths with references to varying forms of capital punishments and species extinctions, stretching from the trilobite to the quagga and heath hen.
If I was a bogan and left reading material next to the toilet, this would be the sort of book you'd find in my bathroom.… (more)
"Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody" muses on death for a while before moving onto other, just as upbeat topics like cemeteries and last wills and testaments. He eventually gets back to deaths with references to varying forms of capital punishments and species extinctions, stretching from the trilobite to the quagga and heath hen.
If I was a bogan and left reading material next to the toilet, this would be the sort of book you'd find in my bathroom.… (more)
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- Works
- 19
- Members
- 3,017
- Popularity
- #8,463
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 18
- ISBNs
- 61
- Languages
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