Knowing what we know the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic
"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, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change...
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Knowing what we know : |b the transmission of knowledge, from ancient wisdom to modern magic / |c Simon Winchester. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, |c [2023] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2023 | |
| 300 | |a xii, 415 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: To know this only, that he nothing knew -- Teach your children well -- Gathering the harvest -- This just in -- Annals of manipulation -- Just leave the thinking to us -- The first and wisest of them all. | |
| 520 | |a "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, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our minds"--Dust jacket flap. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Knowledge, Sociology of. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Thought and thinking. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Information technology |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Information behavior. | |
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