Simon Winchester | Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Recorded Apr 26, 2023
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Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture
Exuding “the comfort and charm of a beloved encyclopedia come to life” (The New Yorker), Simon Winchester is the bestselling author of nearly 30 nonfiction books that explore some of the world’s most consequential people, places, and historical events, including The Professor and the Madman, Krakatoa, The Men Who United the States, Atlantic, Pacific, The Perfectionists, and Land. An Oxford-trained former field geologist in Uganda and a war correspondent for The Guardian and The Sunday Times, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2006. Spanning in time from the creation of ancient Babylonian cuneiform tablets to the advent
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