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An edition of The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (2004)

The know-it-all

One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

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  • ★★★ 3.5 (11 ratings) ·
  • 50 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 12 Have read

"Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A. J. Jacob's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z." "The Know-It-All recounts the unexpected and comically descriptive effects Operation Encyclopedia has on every part of Jacobs' life - from his newly minted marriage to his complicated relationship with his father and the rest of his charmingly eccentric New York family to his day job as an editor at Esquire. Jacobs' project tests the outer limits of his stamina and forces him to explore the real meaning of intelligence as he endeavors to join Mensa, win a spot on Jeopardy!, and absorb 33,000 pages of learning."--BOOK JACKET.

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Simon & Schuster
Pages
389

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Subjects

Encyclopaedia Britannica, History, Intellectual life, Learning and scholarship, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, United states, intellectual life

People

A. J. Jacobs (1968-)

Places

United States

Times

20th century, 21st century
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The know-it-all: one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
2005, Thorndike Press
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The know-it-all: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
2005, Simon & Schuster
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The know-it-all: one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
2004, Simon & Schuster
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New York, USA

Classifications

Library of Congress
AE5.E44 J33 2004

Contributors

Book Designer
Helene Berinsky
Indexer
Sydney Wolfe Cohen
Cover Design
Evan Gafney
Cover Photographs
Michael Cogliantry
Author Photographer
William Pelkey

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
389p
Number of pages
389
Dimensions
5.2 x 1 x 8.6 inches
Weight
11.2 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24613474M
ISBN 10
0743250621
ISBN 13
9780743250627
LCCN
2004048233
OCLC/WorldCat
679911779
library_of_congress_classification_(lcc)
AE5.E44J33 2004
dewey_decimal_classification_(ddc)
031
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0743250621

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2648310W

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