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All the Knowledge in the World - The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia (Paperback) Loot Price: R258

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All the Knowledge in the World - The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia (Paperback): Simon Garfield

All the Knowledge in the World - The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia (Paperback)

Simon Garfield

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The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Now these huge books sell for almost nothing on eBay while we derive information from our phones. What have we lost in this transition? All the Knowledge in the World tracks the story from Ancient Greece to Wikipedia, from modest single-volumes to the 11,000-volume Chinese manuscript that was too big to print. It exposes how encyclopaedias reflect our changing attitudes towards sexuality, race and technology, uncovers a fascinating part of our shared past and wonders whether the promise of complete knowledge - that most human of ambitions - will forever be beyond our grasp

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Imprint:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2023
Authors:	Simon Garfield
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-4746-1079-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > General encyclopaedias Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4746-1079-X
Barcode:	9781474610797