The real polymaths

What is a polymath, and what does polymathy really mean? Is polymathy good or bad? Who are the real polymaths?

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

BBC polymath quiz

The BBC offers you a polymath quiz.

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Monday, October 9, 2017

Steve Martin - polymath?

And now Steve Martin is a polymath? I'm not sure about that.

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Sunday, October 8, 2017

Matrakci Nasuh

This is a potential for my list.

Matrakci Nasuh exhibition has US debut in Maryland

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The real polymaths

The real polymaths discussed so far are:

Aris, Rutherford
Asimov, Isaac
Isidore of Seville
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Votoček, Emil

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