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The Know-It-All
Jacobs, A. J. · 初版 2004 年
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“《The Know-It-All》部分回忆录、部分教育（或缺乏教育），记录了 NPR 撰稿人 A. J. Jacob 搞笑、富有启发性且看似不可能完成的探索：从 A 到 Z 读完《大英百科全书》。”“《The Know-It-All》讲述了‘百科全书行动’对 Jacobs 生活方方面面产生的意外而滑稽的描述性影响——从他新婚的婚姻，到与父亲及他迷人的古怪纽约家庭其他成员的复杂关系，再到他在《Esquire》杂志的编辑日常工作。Jacobs 的项目考验了他耐力的极限，并迫使他探索……
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A.J. Jacobs 的《The Know-It-All》是一本很久以前读过的非常有趣的读物，主题类似。https://www.amazon.com/Know-All-Humble-Become-Smartest/dp/07...
The book "The Know-it-all" by A.J. Jacobs was a great fun read a while back, on a similar topic. https://www.amazon.com/Know-All-Humble-Become-Smartest/dp/07...
完全同意。如果你喜欢这种“回忆录 + 硬核主题深潜”的风格，我也强烈推荐 A.J. 雅各布斯的任何作品——他的《圣经生活一年历》和《万物全书》都是同类风格的绝佳读物。
Totally agree. If you like this style of memoir + deep subject dive, I also highly recommend anything by A.J. Jacobs - his "Year of Living Biblically", and "The Know-It-All" are great reads in the same vein.
在一个不那么宏大的规模上：有一本书讲的是某人读完了整部《大英百科全书》。书名是《The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World》，作者 A.J. Jacobs。在这本书中，Jacobs 记录了他从 A 到 Z 阅读整部《大英百科全书》的经历，……
On a less ambitious scale: There is a book about someone who read through the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica. It’s titled “The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World,” written by A.J. Jacobs. In this book, Jacobs chronicles his experience of reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z,…