The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo Da Vinci to Susan Sontag

by Peter Burke

Book Overview

From Leonardo Da Vinci to Oliver Sacks: the first history of the western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present

"An absorbing group portrait and intellectual history."--Kirkus Reviews

"An admirable mixture of industry and erudition."--Robert Wilson, Wall Street Journal

From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300260466
• ISBN13: 9780300260465
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"