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- 96 stron
- 4 godziny czytania
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The Professor and the Madman , masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED , begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Wydanie
Zakup książki
Penguin Readers - 5: The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2003
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- Penguin Readers - 5: The Surgeon of Crowthorne
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Simon Winchester
- Wydawca
- Pearson ELT
- Rok wydania
- 2003
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 96
- ISBN10
- 058243565X
- ISBN13
- 9780582435650
- Seria
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Podręczniki językowe & Słowniki, Rodzina, Przyjaźń, Morderstwa, Anglia, Literatura angielska, Słowniki, Ameryka, Podręczniki do historii, Los, O książkach, Oparte na faktach, Czytelnictwo, Szaleństwo, Oxford, Powroty do domu
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1998
- Oryginalna nazwa
- The Professor and the Madman
- Ocena
- 3,95 z 5
- Opis
- The Professor and the Madman , masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED , begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.