All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

Contents

Dedication

Title Page

Epigraph

Introduction

Aah, Here Comes Andrew Bell

Backstory

Chalcenterocity

Damask Silk

Ephraim Chambers (Gentleman)

Fabuleux!

Germination

Hamilton’s Choice

Information Overload

Jahrbuch

Knowledge

Liberation?

Method

Novelties

Otlet, Paul

Pantology

Questioning

Rule Britannica?

Selling

The Single Volume

Unprecedented

Valedictory

Wikimania

Extinction

Yesterday

Zeitgeist

Acknowledgements

Further Reading

Illustrations

Also by Simon

Copyright