Knowing What We Know: How we acquire, retain and communicate knowledge from ancient times to the era of big data Teaching of autistic students Ritchie Valens

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Knowing What We Know: How we acquire, retain and communicate knowledge from ancient times to the era of big data Teaching of autistic students Ritchie ValensA 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 sprightlySunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classeshere is award winning writer Simon Winchesters brilliant and all encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on