Knowing what we know
the transmission of knowledge from ancient wisdom to modern magic
Book - 2023
Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, an award-winning writer explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2023]
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by Winchester, Simon
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| 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 Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, an award-winning writer explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge. | ||
| 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 | ||
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