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Garfield, Simon.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Miscellanea.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Lexicography -- History and criticism.
Curiosities and wonders.
American essays -- 21st century.
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Garfield, Simon.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Miscellanea.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Lexicography -- History and criticism.
Curiosities and wonders.
American essays -- 21st century.
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All the knowledge in the world : the extraordinary history of the encyclopedia / Simon Garfield.
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Garfield, Simon.
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022.
Call #:
070
.444
G231a
Subjects
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Miscellanea.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Lexicography -- History and criticism.
Curiosities and wonders.
American essays -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780063292277 (hc.)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
390 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd.
Simon Garfield is a feature writer at the Observer (London) and the author of nine works of nonfiction, including Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World, which was a New York Times Notable Book, and The End of Innocence, which won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1995.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The encyclopedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Orville Wright, Alfred Hitchcock, Marie Curie and Indira Gandhi helped millions of children with their homework. Adults cleared their shelves in the belief that everything that was explainable was now effortlessly accessible in their living rooms. Now these huge books gather dust and sell for almost nothing on eBay. Instead, we get our information from our phones and computers, apparently for free. What have we lost in this transition? And how did we tell the progress of our lives in the past? 'All the Knowledge in the World' is a history and celebration of those who created the most ground-breaking and remarkable publishing phenomenon of any age. Simon Garfield, who 'has a genius for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight' (The Times), guides us on an utterly delightful journey, from Ancient Greece to Wikipedia, from modest single-volumes to the 11,000-volume Chinese manuscript that was too big to print. He looks at how Encyclopedia Britannica came to dominate the industry, how it spawned hundreds of competitors, and how an army of ingenious door-to-door salesmen sold their wares to guilt-ridden parents. He reveals how encyclopedias have reflected our changing attitudes towards sexuality, race, and technology, and exposes how these ultimate bastions of trust were often riddled with errors and prejudice. With his characteristic ability to tackle the broadest of subjects in an illuminating and highly entertaining way, Simon Garfield uncovers a fascinating and important part of our shared past and wonders whether the promise of complete knowledge--that most human of ambitions--will forever be beyond our grasp."--From publisher.
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