Simon Winchester

Broschiertes Buch

Knowing What We Know

The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Beschreibung

â A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounterâ New York Times â An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightlyâ Sunday Times

Autor

Simon Winchester grew up beside the Atlantic in South West England and studied geology at Oxford. He is the bestselling author of The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, Krakatoa, The Map That Changed the World, The Surgeon of Crowthorne (The Professor and the Madman ), The Fracture Zone, Outposts and Korea, among many other titles. In 2006 he was awarded the OBE. He lives in western Massachusetts and New York City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780008484422
• ISBN-10: 0008484422
• Artikelnr.: 68273095