Can I read All the Knowledge in the World : the Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia on EtoBox?

All the Knowledge in the World : the Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia by Simon Garfield is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is All the Knowledge in the World : the Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia about?

From the “deliriously clever” ( Boston Globe ) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type , comes the wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.** New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice**"A brilliant book about knowledge itself.” —Deirdre Mask, author of The Address Book“Garfield’s witty history captures the obsessive, quixotic and sometimes error-filled quests of those—from Pliny the Elder in the first century A.D. to Wikipedians in this one—who have attempted to corral all the world’s information into a single source.” — New York TimesThe encyclopedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gandhi helped millions of children with their homework. Adults cleared their shelves in the belief that everything that was explainable was now effortlessly accessible in their living rooms.Now these huge books gather dust and sell for almost nothing on eBay. Instead, we get our inform

Who reads All the Knowledge in the World : the Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia?

Author

Simon Garfield

Publisher

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780063292277

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Science, Library & Information Science

Rating

4.3 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14