Know-It-All One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

Name: Know-It-All One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
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ISBN: 9780743250627

ISBN-10: 0743250621

ISBN-13: 9780743250627

Edition: 2005

Authors: A. J. Jacobs

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33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY 1 OBSESSED MAN Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His wife, Julie, tells him it's a waste of time, his friends believe he is losing his mind, and his father, a brilliant attorney who had once attempted the same feat and quit somewhere around Borneo, is encouraging but unconvinced. With…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 10/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English