Book Review: ‘Knowing What We Know’

Book Review: ‘Knowing What We Know’
Author Simon Winchester discusses how knowledge comes to us from ancient history up to the modern age. Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock
Anita L. Sherman
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Author Simon Winchester is a prolific writer with more than 30 books to his credit. He has a distinctive knack for storytelling that readers will appreciate. He can take a subject, which on the surface could be perceived as weighty, and bring it to life with personal anecdotes and fascinating historical tidbits woven into the fabric of his narrative.

“Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge, from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic” is a deep dive into what Plato defined as “justified true belief.” In other words, knowledge.

Anita L. Sherman
Anita L. Sherman
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Anita L. Sherman is an award-winning journalist who has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor for local papers and regional publications in Virginia. She now works as a freelance writer and is working on her first novel. She is the mother of three grown children and grandmother to four, and she resides in Warrenton, Va. She can be reached at [email protected]
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