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The Know-it-all : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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33,000 pages<p> 44 million words<p> 10 billion years of history<p> 1 obsessed man<p> Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), "The Know-It-All" chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" from A to Z. <p> To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica." His wife, Julie, t

Who reads The Know-it-all : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
A. J. Jacobs
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780739453025
Category
history
Subjects
Reference, Memoir, Literary Criticism
Rating
3.77 / 5 (325 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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