Elizabeth's Reviews > All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

All the Knowledge in the World by Simon Garfield is a lovely history of the (western) encyclopedia. The chapters run from A to Z, with thematic titles for the chapter topic. I found this book to be very comprehensive and an interesting read. It is chock full of facts so it might be easier to skim some sections, but I greatly enjoyed learning about the journey of how people tried to compile and organize the sum of humanity's knowledge over the centuries.