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Lists Of Names
This list of lists of lists is a list of articles that are lists of other list articles. Each of the pages linked here is an index to multiple lists on a topic. General reference * List of lists of liststhis article itself is a list of lists, so it contains itself * Lists of academic journals * Lists of encyclopedias * Lists of important publications in science * Lists of problems ** Lists of unsolved problems Culture and the arts Literature * Lists of books ** List of top books lists ** Lists of banned books ** Lists of ''The New York Times'' number-one books ** ''Publishers Weekly'' lists of bestselling novels in the United States * Lists of poems * Lists of dystopian works * Lists of LGBTQ figures in fiction and myth * Lists of acronyms * Lists of writers ** List of African writers by country ** Lists of American writers ** Lists of Slovak authors ** List of women writers Mythology * Lists of deities ** Lists of deities by cultural sphere * Lists of demons * Lists o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List
A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
