ON MASTERY & KNOWLEDGE: THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

From the creation of the first encyclopedia and Wikipedia to ancient museums and modern kindergarten classes, SIMON WINCHESTER’s Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic offers an all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data. In The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery, ADAM GOPNIK asks a foundational question to the human experience: How do we learn – and master – a new skill? How could anyone become so good at anything? And if there’s a fundamental mystery to mastery, is it possible to unravel it?

Buy Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic. – Winchester

Buy The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery. – Gopnik