Customer Reviews

The Cambridge Factfinder

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The book is supposed to be an academic objective fact list, but unfortunately it involves lots of political considerations regarding to the decisions about which facts to include. For example, Israel is ommited from many country lists (e.g. from the academic institution list - there is no Israely university over there!), and many African (French-oriented) countries. It's a pitty to find a book coming from Cambridge so politics oriented. This is not a real academic fact finder! - Grahm K.R. Schneider

I insisted my children do their research from books. The internet is wonderful but I wanted them to learn the way I did, by reading. The Cambridge Factfinder became thier favorite source. Well written, easy to use. The cover states "uniquely user-friendly" and it is! I highly recommed it for parents and for anyone who is interested in "the facts".

The Cambridge Factfinder is a very useful reference for anyone doing research into almost any subject. I have found myself refering to this book quite often over the years to obtain obscure information that is often hard to find quickly in other places. Like the Almanac, it has a whole host of current and historical information. This is definitely a recommended reference for anyone's library who does any sort of writing or research work. I found it both interesting to browse through, as well as a quick useful reference.

This book is a complete database of essential information. Subjects covered vary from Astronomy to music and from Country information to mathematical formulae. Other random information in the book include Shakespeare's plays, genetic information, famous artists, political leaders, composition of food(e.g. fat content in food) to name just a few.

Best of all, the information is up to date, pretty accurate and easy to find.

The most complete and reader "friendly" reference books, I have ever read.

This book contains information ranging from mathematical equations to pop star's greatest hits. Whatever you are looking for, FACTFINDER is the book to have. It is formatted better than your typical Almanac and is especially helpful with geographical information, as it includes maps to easily identify where a given country is located.

This is the perfect reference book to have. Has a lot of information.

Though some of the data gets old, most of it is very usable.