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17-393: This is a compendium of the best-selling music singles . The criterion for inclusion is to sell at least ten million copies worldwide. The singles listed here were cited by reliable sources from various media, such as digital journalism , newspapers, magazines, and books. According to Guinness World Records , Irving Berlin 's " White Christmas " (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby

34-778: A gourmand . His compendium on food titled From Absinthe to Zest serves as an alphabet for food lovers. "Compendium" appears as a Latin pun in the English translation of the Franco-Belgian comics The Adventures of Asterix , where it is the name of one of the four Roman military camps surrounding the Gaulish village where the protagonists reside. Compendium Records was the name of a record store and label, which operated in Oslo , Norway, between 1974 and 1977. Prop%C3%A6dia#Outline of Knowledge The one-volume Propædia

51-523: A single figure. Compendium The word compendium arrives from the Latin word compeneri , meaning "to weigh together or balance". The 21st century has seen the rise of democratized, online compendia in various fields. The Latin prefix 'con-' is used in compound words to suggest, 'a being or bringing together of many objects' and also suggests striving for completeness with perfection. And compenso means balance, poise, weigh, offset. The entry on

68-585: A twentieth-century scheme for the organization of knowledge that is more comprehensive than any other and that also accommodates the intellectual heterodoxy of our time. The lead author was Nigel Calder , who wrote the introduction "The Universe of the Physicist, the Chemist, and the Astronomer". The lead author was Peter John Wyllie , who wrote the introduction "The Great Globe Itself". The lead author

85-735: Is a compendium of natural philosophy , metaphysics , language arts, and social science. The single volume Propædia is Encyclopædia Britannica ' s compendium of the many volumes of its Macropaedia . The Bible is a group of many writings of the law, prophets, and writings of the Hebrew Bible held to be comprehensive and complete within Judaism and called the Old Testament by Christianity. Some well known literary figures have written their own compendium. An example would be Alexandre Dumas , author of The Three Musketeers , and

102-470: Is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies. The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop / rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later". Guinness World Records also states that double A-side charity single " Candle in

119-509: Is the first of three parts of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica , intended as a compendium and topical organization of the 12-volume Micropædia and the 17-volume Macropædia , which are organized alphabetically. Introduced in 1974 with the 15th edition, the Propædia and Micropædia were intended to replace the Index of the 14th edition; however, after widespread criticism,

136-592: The Britannica as a whole, the Outline has three types of goals: According to Mortimer J. Adler , the designer of the Propaedia , all articles in the full Britannica were designed to fit into the Outline of Knowledge . The Outline has 167 sections, which are categorized into 41 divisions and then into 10 parts. Each part has an introductory essay written by the same individual responsible for developing

153-412: The Britannica restored the Index as a two-volume set in 1985. The core of the Propædia is its Outline of Knowledge , which seeks to provide a logical framework for all human knowledge. However, the Propædia also has several appendices listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the Britannica . The last edition of the print Britannica was published in 2010. Like

170-618: The "Great Ideas" in Adler's Great Books of the Western World series. (The Great Books were also published by the Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. ) Adler stresses in his book, A Guidebook to Learning: For a Lifelong Pursuit of Wisdom , that the ten categories should not be taken as hierarchical but as circular. The whole of the Propædia's synoptic outline of knowledge deserves to be read carefully. It represents

187-646: The 12th century. A cookbook is a compendium of recipes within a given food culture. An example would be the Catechism of the Catholic Church , a concise 598-question-and-answer book which summarises the teachings of the Catholic Church. Most nations have compendiums or compilations of law meant to be comprehensive for use by their judiciary; for example, the 613 commandments , or the United States Code . The collected works of Aristotle

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204-752: The Wind 1997 "/" Something About the Way You Look Tonight " (1997) by Elton John (rewritten as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales , rather than Marilyn Monroe in the original 1973 version), is "the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies". This makes it the second-best-selling physical single of all time. Two best-selling singles lists are displayed here relating first to physical singles (mainly CD and vinyl singles) and second to digital singles (digitally downloaded tracks which first became available to purchase in

221-667: The early 2000s). A list of the best selling singles released before 2000, based on worldwide certified unit sales (including both digital sales and equivalent track streams ) Beginning in 2020, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry began reporting the best-selling singles of each year in terms of subscription streams equivalent units. The methodology used converts all digital formats, including digital download sales, paid subscription streaming, and free ad-supported streaming, into

238-482: The introduction "Knowing How and Knowing Why". The lead author was Wilfred Cantwell Smith , who wrote the introduction "Religion as Symbolism". The lead author was Jacques Barzun , who wrote the introduction "The Point and Pleasure of Reading History". The lead author was Mortimer J. Adler , who wrote the introduction "Knowledge Become Self-conscious". Section 4.2.1 uses transparencies of organ systems originally commissioned by Parke-Davis . Similar in design to

255-457: The outline for that part, which was done in consultation and collaboration with a handful of other scholars. In all, 86 men and one woman were involved in developing the Outline of Knowledge . The Outline was an eight-year project of Mortimer J. Adler , published 22 years after he published a similar effort (the Syntopicon ) that attempts to provide an overview of the relationships among

272-771: The word 'compendious' in the Online Etymology Dictionary says "concise, abridged but comprehensive", "concise compilation comprising the general principles or leading points of a longer 'system or work ' ". Its etymology comes from a Medieval Latin use (com+pendere), literally meaning to weigh together. A field guide is a compendium of species found within a geographic area, or within a taxon of natural occurrence such as animals, plants, rocks and minerals, or stars. Bestiaries were medieval compendiums that catalogued animals and facts about natural history, and were particularly popular in England and France around

289-463: Was René Dubos , who wrote the introduction "The Mysteries of Life". The lead author was Loren Eiseley , who wrote the introduction "The Cosmic Orphan". The lead author was Harold D. Lasswell , who wrote the introduction "Man the Social Animal". The lead author was Mark Van Doren , who wrote the introduction "The World of Art". The lead author was Lord Peter Ritchie-Calder , who wrote

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