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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

by

  • ★★★ 3.5 (11 ratings) ·
  • 47 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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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
386

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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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Cover of: The know-it-all
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
2005, Thorndike Press
in English
Cover of: The know-it-all
The know-it-all: one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
2004, Simon & Schuster
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
031
Library of Congress
AE5.E44 J33 2004

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Pagination
ix, 386 p. ;
Number of pages
386

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OL3305132M
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knowitalloneman00jaco
ISBN 10
0743250605
LCCN
2004048233
OCLC/WorldCat
55067170
Library Thing
3818
Goodreads
573816

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