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...
| Main Author: | Winchester, Simon (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.