by Walter Krämer, Götz Trenkler · Tapa dura · ISBN 9783821804798
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«Lexikon der populären Irrtümer» is a compendium of errors and prejudices by Walter Krämer and Götz Trenkler, published by Eichborn (355 pages, in German).
The book brings together five hundred widespread misunderstandings, prejudices and errors of thought, from «Abendrot» to «Zeppelin». Each entry points out what the mistaken idea consists of and adds bibliographic references to verify it; the edition includes a preface by the authors.
Third edition (3. Aufl.), published in 1996 in Frankfurt am Main. The Library of Congress classifies the work as a dictionary of errors in German.
For German speakers or advanced students interested in German-speaking culture and in debunking myths and false beliefs.
