All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia by Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

Simon Garfield

352 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative reflective medium-paced
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All the Knowledge in the World is a history and celebration of those who created the most ground-breaking and remarkable publishing phenomenon of any age. It tracks the story from Ancient Greece to Wikipedia, from modest single-volumes to the 11,...

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