This collection of numerous examples of modern "rules" and "laws" could have been extremely useful for the public library enquiry desk of old. If you have ever struggled to remember the name of that rule of internet comments which says that Hitler will be mentioned within ten posts or of the details of the idea that 80 per cent of consequences result from 20 per cent of causes, this ought to be the book for you. Unfortunately, while it does cover these topics, it is not designed as a reference book and the index seems to be an afterthought, rather than an integral facet of the book. In general, names of individuals and "laws" are indexed but not the concepts to which these laws refer, so you dc have to know the name of the law you are seeking, not just what it describes. Even when items are indexed, the entry order for those beginning with numbers is inconsistent. The index begins with "1 per cent rule, The 10,000 hour rule, 2001, The 3-6-3 Rule". But other numbers appear in alphabetical order, so there are various entries for Five under F, e.g. the Five Laws of Library Science;, and Ten-Day Rule, Three Strike's Law and The Thirty Year Rule among others under T. (Capitalisation is inconsistent too).
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