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Bookmark or Share- All the Knowledge in the World - Simon GarfieldIntroduction. Extract. All the Knowledge in the World. Amazon UK. Amazon USA. Bookshop.orgWaterstones. From the Introduction:On Friday, 4 June 2021, I made peterhodgson1959 an offer for his encyclopaedias. He was selling what he described on eBay as ‘Encyclopedia britannica pre-assembly suppliment set 4th, 5th & 6th editions’.
- Book Review: ‘All the Knowledge in the World,’ by Simon Garfield - The ...ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia, by Simon Garfield. According to Denis Diderot, perhaps the most famous encyclopedist of the 18th century, the goal...
- Home - Simon GarfieldSimon Garfield was born in London in 1960. He is the author of an appealingly diverse and unpredictable canon of non-fiction, including the bestsellers Mauve, Just My Type and On The Map. He is a trustee of Mass Observation, and is the editor of several books of diaries from the archive, including Our Hidden Lives and A Notable Woman.
- Book review: 'All the Knowledge in the World,' by Simon Garfield - The ...Simon Garfield’s book ‘All the Knowledge in the World’ is a fascinating history of the encyclopedia and what we have lost as it becomes obsolete. Review by Dennis Duncan. February 26, 2023 at...
- All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary Histo…Simon Garfield. 3.63. 305 ratings59 reviews. The encyclopaedia 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.
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