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

Title: Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic Author: Simon Winchester ISBN: 9780063142886 Publisher: Harper Published: 2023 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher History 1528737 Publisher Description: "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 to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes--this is award winning writer Simon Winchester's brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, an