Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

by Simon Winchester

Book Overview

"A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world." -- New York Times

From the creation of the first encyclopedia...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063142880
• ISBN13: 9780063142886
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"