The Intellectual Devotional
The Intellectual Devotional is a series of books by David S. Kidder and Noah Oppenheim dedicated to higher learning. 365 easy to read passages, one for each day of the year broken down into seven fields of knowledge, one for each day of the week. It is published by Rodale Books.
Overview
The Intellectual Devotional is a bedside volume designed to be read on a nightly basis. Each entry covers a fundamental piece of knowledge from one of seven fields. The goal is to stimulate the brain, refresh the spirit and complete the reader's education. The idea is to read one article a day for a year (although in a leap year there would be one day spare).
Entries cover a broad range of topics from important passages in literature to basic principles of physics, from pivotal events in history to images of famous paintings with accompanying analysis. Each entry is accompanied by "Additional Facts" -two or three pieces of trivia that enlighten and entertain.
