The New York Times Guide To Essential Knowledge

The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind is a single-volume reference book by The New York Times. It exceeds one thousand pages in length.

It covers many topics including:

  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Dance
  • Economics, Business, and Finance
  • Film
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • History
  • Law
  • Literature
  • Drama
  • Mathematics
  • Media
  • Medicine
  • Music
  • Mythology
  • Philosophy
  • Photography
  • Physics
  • Religion
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Sports

There is also a reference library which contains a Writer's Guide, Guide to Nutrition, Nations of the World, U.S. States and cities, languages, biographies and a crossword dictionary.

Prominent New York Times writers have contributed with essays on health, the Supreme Court and war, among other topics.

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    “The egg is back. The egg is back.”
    —Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian president. New York Times, p. 10A (September 6, 1994)

    “There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements not quite as satisfying as statistics; but in the long run, a people is known, not by its statements or its statistics, but by the stories it tells.”
    —Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)

    “‘Tis much he dares,
    And to that dauntless temper of his mind,
    He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor
    To act in safety.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot help itself. The genesis and maturation of a planet, its poise and orbit, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every animal and vegetable, are demonstrations of the self-sufficing and therefore self-relying soul.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible and going to waste; the knowledge of the man of science is like timber collected in yards for public works, which still supports a green sprout here and there, but even this is liable to dry rot.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)