The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Know-it-All As an editor at "Esquire", AJ Jacobs had built up knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take a long time. While others read a broadsheet at the weekend, or become casual newsnight enthusiasts, Jacobs elected to read the "Encyclopaedia Britannica". Part...
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The Know-it-All As an editor at "Esquire", AJ Jacobs had built up knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take a long time. While others read a broadsheet at the weekend, or become casual newsnight enthusiasts, Jacobs elected to read the "Encyclopaedia Britannica". Part assemblage of trivia, part journey through adulthood, this is fun to read. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099481744 (009948174X)
Publish date: February 2nd 2006
Publisher: Arrow
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Funny,
History,
Reference,
Books About Books,
Biography Memoir
As insufferably annoying as the title implies, but it had at least two genuinely amusing scenes that kept me reading in hopes of more. Alas, it was not to be.
The Know-It-All is a classic stunt memoir, in which author A.J. Jacobs attempts to read the entire print version of the Encyclopedia Britannica… all 33,000 pages of it. Organized by letter, A.J. shares fun facts he learned in each section as well as words that were relevant to his life while he was ...
Interesting facts. Fairly well drawn together with personal insights.
A.J. Jacobs makes reading the Encylopedia Britannica so much fun and interesting! I can't wait for him to call up everyone in the NYC phone book or attempt to go around the world in 80 days. With him telling the story, it's sure to be wicked fun.
This was a little more like actually reading the Encyclopedia Britannica than I was really prepared for. I think it took me longer to read this book than it took Jacobs to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, too. So, I’m not sure what that says about my reading stamina. It took Jacobs someth...
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