{"product_id":"the-polymath-a-cultural-history-from-leonardo-da-vinci-to-susan-sontag-peter-burke","title":"The Polymath: A Cultural History From Leonardo Da Vinci to Susan Sontag\nPeter Burke","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Leonardo Da Vinci to Oliver Sacks: the first history of the western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"An absorbing group portrait and intellectual history.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"An admirable mixture of industry and erudition.\"—Robert Wilson, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless ways. But history can be unkind to scholars with such encyclopedic interests. All too often these individuals are remembered for just one part of their valuable achievements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this engaging, erudite account, renowned cultural historian Peter Burke argues for a more rounded view. Identifying 500 western polymaths, Burke explores their wide-ranging successes and shows how their rise matched a rapid growth of knowledge in the age of the invention of printing, the discovery of the New World and the Scientific Revolution. It is only more recently that the further acceleration of knowledge has led to increased specialization and to an environment that is less supportive of wide-ranging scholars and scientists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning the Renaissance to the present day, Burke changes our understanding of this remarkable intellectual species.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productInfoTabExpanderHeader0\" class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56006812434723,"sku":null,"price":370.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":56006812467491,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":56006812500259,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/61HpMUEGmJL._AC_UF350_350_QL50.jpg?v=1793871849","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/the-polymath-a-cultural-history-from-leonardo-da-vinci-to-susan-sontag-peter-burke","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}