Guinness World Records

The Guinness Book of Records is the most important collection of records.

History

The first book in 1955, commissioned by the Guinness brewery commissioned and published in Ireland. The first editions inscribed the twins Ross and Norris McWhirter.

The idea for this book was the manager of the Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver. Since a missed shot in the hunt for a golden plover he sought for rehabilitation, which is why he pursued research on the fastest bird in the world. Here he had the idea to drive the consumption of beer in pubs along with the passion for betting the beer consumers through a compilation of records. Jokingly is also claimed that the book concept was developed in order to avoid disagreements and half-truths in pubs.

On August 27, 1955, the first edition was bound before and went under the title The Guinness Book of Records in the book trade.

Guinness World Records is today a company with headquarters in London and employs around 50 people who edit the record cases. The name is a registered trademark under which the concept is marketed. The "Hollywood Guinness Museum ", are shown in the exhibits to recognized records, is located in Los Angeles.

The company was acquired in 2008 by Canadian company Jim Pattison Group.

Records

The work includes numerous records from the fields of:

• Nature ( natural world ): The blue planet, habitat Earth
• The Human Body ( human body )
• Science, architecture and engineering ( science & tech, travel & transport )
• Human Performance ( amazing feats )
• Arts and Entertainment ( arts & media)
• Society and politics (modern society )
• Sports and games ( sports & games)

In addition to facts and figures also various bests are listed. Thus, an action in the book can be taken as a new record or to adjust an existing one, several conditions must be met and signed in the headquarters in England.

In 2005, Guinness named the 9 November World Records Day. After great success in the first year, in 2006, some 100,000 people and broke over 50 records. In 2007, the action was first held on November 8.