The know-it-all
Subtitle: one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world
By: A.J. Jacobs.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Jacobs, A. J., 1968-; Encyclopaedia Britannica.; Learning and scholarship -- United States -- History.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
Description: "Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A. J. Jacob's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z." "The Know-It-All recounts the unexpected and comically descriptive effects Operation Encyclopedia has on every part of Jacobs' life - from his newly minted marriage to his complicated relationship with his father and the rest of his charmingly eccentric New York family to his day job as an editor at Esquire. Jacobs' project tests the outer limits of his stamina and forces him to explore the real meaning of intelligence as he endeavors to join Mensa, win a spot on Jeopardy!, and absorb 33,000 pages of learning."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.