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Journalist Simon Winchester had already published a list of travel and historical titles before a footnote in a book about dictionary-making led him to his tale of a prolific contributor to the gargantuan Oxford English Dictionary. That book, The Professor and the Madman, became a surprise hit -- and made Winchester a leading practitioner of what The New York Times calls cocktail-party science.

Books by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman 0060175966 Book Cover

The Professor and the Madman

Simon Winchester

$4.49 - $47.09

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 006093736X Book Cover

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Simon Winchester

$4.49 - $17.24

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology 0061767905 Book Cover

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

Simon Winchester

$4.29 - $23.19

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 0060571993 Book Cover

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

Simon Winchester

$5.59 - $30.39

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary 0965499634 Book Cover

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

$4.79 - $11.29

The Perfectionists 0008241783 Book Cover

The Perfectionists

Simon Winchester

$14.39 - $27.22

The Men Who United the States 0062079603 Book Cover

The Men Who United the States

Simon Winchester

$5.89 - $26.81

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories 0061702587 Book Cover

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

Simon Winchester

$5.69 - $24.64

Land 0062938339 Book Cover

Land

Simon Winchester

$5.59 - $28.68

The Man Who Loved China 0060884592 Book Cover

The Man Who Loved China

Simon Winchester

$6.39 - $15.57

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic 0063142899 Book Cover

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Simon Winchester

$7.09 - $29.09

Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers 0062315420 Book Cover

Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

Simon Winchester

$4.49 - $36.98

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind 0063374455 Book Cover

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

Simon Winchester

$11.09 - $25.44

Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire 0060598611 Book Cover

Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

Simon Winchester

$4.29 - $18.28

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles 0060750448 Book Cover

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

Simon Winchester

$5.59 - $18.79

The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time 0805038884 Book Cover

The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time

Simon Winchester

$6.99 - $8.29

The Alice Behind Wonderland 0195396197 Book Cover

The Alice Behind Wonderland

Simon Winchester

$6.59 - $18.37

The Kindness of Strangers 1741795214 Book Cover

The Kindness of Strangers

Simon Winchester

$5.09 - $12.59

When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World 0451476352 Book Cover

When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World

Simon Winchester

$6.29 - $7.19

The Fracture Zone 0060954949 Book Cover

The Fracture Zone

Simon Winchester

$5.29 - $16.10

Their Noble Lordships 0394524187 Book Cover

Their Noble Lordships

Simon Winchester

$7.69 - $14.99

The Best American Travel Writing<tm> 2009 0618858660 Book Cover

The Best American Travel Writing<tm> 2009

Simon Winchester

$6.59 - $20.45

When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis 0670785369 Book Cover

When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis

Simon Winchester

$5.89 - $6.69

By the Seat of My Pants: Humorous Tales Of Travel And Misadventure (Lonely Planet Journeys (Travel Literature)) 1741046068 Book Cover

By the Seat of My Pants: Humorous Tales Of Travel And Misadventure (Lonely Planet Journeys (Travel Literature))

Simon Winchester

$4.19 - $12.61

Hong Kong: Here Be Dragons 1556702493 Book Cover

Hong Kong: Here Be Dragons

Simon Winchester

$7.89

Pacific Nightmare 0804112398 Book Cover

Pacific Nightmare

Simon Winchester

$6.29 - $10.99

Lonely Planet Simon Winchester's Calcutta (Travel Literature Series) 1740595874 Book Cover

Lonely Planet Simon Winchester's Calcutta (Travel Literature Series)

Simon Winchester

$7.49 - $8.59

Pacific Rising 0138077932 Book Cover

Pacific Rising

Simon Winchester

$8.19

By Rail and By Sea 1908966432 Book Cover

By Rail and By Sea

Simon Winchester

$56.49

Oxford 0198724411 Book Cover

Oxford

Simon Winchester

$43.13

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