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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Simon Winchester
‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times ‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday Times
400 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 27, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9780008484385 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Pages | 432 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 164 × 40 mm · 660 g |
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