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3.09 AVERAGE
3.09 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This book is basically a collection of 500 Western polymaths, i.e. scientists who worked in more than one field in chronological order. The last chapters offer a clustered perspective on which factors might contribute to people becoming polymaths. For me, an interesting slow read connecting some dots.
I will probably revisit this book when I come across more names of scientists.
I will probably revisit this book when I come across more names of scientists.
informative
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
3.5 stars. An extremely ambitious book and sweepingly interesting but with some very tedious list-type details at times. It’s the kind of book that you need to read or listen to very quickly so that you can get the gist and over-arching themes rather than being bogged down in the detail - after all the lives of 500 people no matter how interesting is a hard ask.
And while I distilled language ability - in particular that of learning many at a high level to be an essential ingredient- while listed in attributes for individuals did not make the list as integral to creating a polymath. Well worth reading. Could possibly spawn several more detailed interesting tales with sub-selections of the 500.
And while I distilled language ability - in particular that of learning many at a high level to be an essential ingredient- while listed in attributes for individuals did not make the list as integral to creating a polymath. Well worth reading. Could possibly spawn several more detailed interesting tales with sub-selections of the 500.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced