A polymath or polyhistor is an individual whose knowledge spans many different subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific...
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Look up polymath or polymathic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A polymath is a person (also known as Renaissance Person), whose expertise spans a...
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The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility is a non-fiction book by British author Waqas Ahmed, first published in 2018. It argues that specialisation...
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The Polymath Project is a collaboration among mathematicians to solve important and difficult mathematical problems by coordinating many mathematicians...
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Polymath is a science fiction novel by John Brunner, first published in 1974 by DAW Books, an expansion of Castaways' World (Ace 1963). A spacecraft filled...
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40°09′32″N 79°24′58″W / 40.158775°N 79.415990°W / 40.158775; -79.415990 Polymath Park is a 130-acre (0.53 km2) resort near Acme in Westmoreland County,...
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Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG (18 November 1872 – 13 January 1953) was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the sponsor of the Georgian...
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Francis Williams (c. 1690 – c. 1770) was a Jamaican polymath, scholar, astronomer and poet who was one of the most notable free black people in Jamaica...
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philanthropy) and manthanein, math- (μανθάνειν, μαθ-; "to learn", as in polymath). Philomathy is similar to, but distinguished from, philosophy in that...
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can also be used to refer to people characterised by genius, and/or to polymaths who excel across many subjects. There is no scientifically precise definition...
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of all trades that is highly skilled in many disciplines is known as a polymath. In 1612, the phrase appeared in the book "Essays and Characters of a Prison"...
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(Finnish: [ˈeliɑs ˈlønruːt] ; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish polymath, physician, philosopher, poet, musician, linguist, journalist, philologist...
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of B. R. Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) who was an Indian polymath and the chairman of the Constituent Drafting Committee. The patriarch Ambedkar...
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Heinrich Schulze (12 May 1687 – 10 October 1744) was a German professor and polymath. Schulze studied medicine, chemistry, philosophy and theology and became...
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Hermann Conring (redirect from Hermann Conring (polymath))
Hermann Conring (9 November 1606 – 12 December 1681) was a German intellectual. He made significant contributions to the study of medicine, politics and...
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biography of the British polymath Thomas Young (1773–1829). This biography is subtitled Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong,...
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Gozzi, Latin: Nicolai Viti Gozzii; 1549–1610) was a Ragusan statesman, polymath, philosopher, science writer and author of one of the first scientific...
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Thomas Amory (author) (section Polymath)
practically a continuation: Vol. I, 1756, Vol. II, These works are those of a polymath, covering philology, natural science, theology and other subjects, unsystematically...
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Pete Moore (science writer) (redirect from Pete Moore (writer and polymath))
Pete Moore is a British science writer, author, speaker and facilitator. His work aims to convey scientific concepts in layman's terms to enable public...
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18 August 1994) was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology...
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prime, then the sexy prime is part of a prime triplet. In August 2014, the Polymath group, seeking the proof of the twin prime conjecture, showed that if the...
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Frederick William Lanchester (23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946), was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering...
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Thomas Browne (1605–1682) was an English polymath and author. Thomas Browne may also refer to: Thomas Browne (died 1460) (1402–1460), English MP and treasurer...
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Mikhail Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer. Lomonosov (Russian: Ломоно́сов) may also refer to: Lomonosov (surname) Lomonosov, Russia...
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name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar, theologian, and polymath. He was the son of Johannes (Jan) Vos, a Protestant from the Netherlands...
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Admirable Crichton (19 August 1560 – 3 July 1582), was an alleged Scottish polymath noted for his extraordinary accomplishments in languages, the arts, and...
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Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702–1771) was an English botanist, polymath, and author. Benjamin Stillingfleet was born in 1702 in Wood Norton, Norfolk to Mary...
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Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 – November 27, 1991) was an American polymath, who was credited variously as an artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian...
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June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He...
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also known as Giovanni Battista Della Porta, was an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright who lived in Naples at the time of the Renaissance, Scientific...
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