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Quality: Blu-Ray | Release date: October 11, 2018 |
Keywords: dictionary | Genres: History, Drama |
Duration: 90 min | Original title: The Professor and the Madman |
I went to the bookstore and walked out empty handed ? but I did end up with a new candle so it balances out. I found this book while thrifting a little while ago and I think I’m going to make it my next read!
Other than that he's fine. #simonwinchester #bookstagram
Los abogados del actor Mel Gibson acusaron al productor de la película dramática estadouidense-irlandesa "The Professor and the Madman" de intentar estafar a las autoridades tributarias de Irlanda. #melgibson #actor #pelicula
I always read the #acknowledgments, because sometimes they contain dish like this. #simonwinchester #bookstagram
The last one was dense and took ages, book 19/60 is #TheProfessorAndTheMadman
A little light reading before bed. #theprofessorandthemadman
A special find! The @harperperennial Olive Edition of The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester ? This book tells the story of how the Oxford English Dictionary came to be; the madness, the genius behind its’ construction ? What’s your favorite word in the dictionary? Do you own a dictionary? You’d be surprised how many people do - and don’t!
"The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary take of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honouring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane." This microhistory was such a fascinating exploration of two men who significantly shaped the Oxford English Dictionary! It connected some superbly diverse strands on its journey but the focus on the origins of the dictionary was extra compelling. #nonfiction #oxfordenglishdictionary #simonwinchester #history #books #bookstagram
This mismatched stack of books is the result of a last minute job offer that has me on the other side of the country for a while and the crazy couple of weeks that led up to it. I don’t have a lot of time to read right now but I couldn’t imagine not having some options, so I hauled these random books along with me. I’m so thankful for my book sleeves from @bookbeau and @fandomsleeves . . #bookstagram #books #bookstack #booksleeve #bookbeau #fandomsleeves #roar #coracarmack #smokeinthesun #reneeahdieh #simonwinchester #thecygnetandthefirebird #patriciaamckillip #owlcrate #reading
The professor and the madman. Borrowed from Melbourne City Library.
The perfect Sunday afternoon. Just woke up from my obligatory Sunday afternoon nap. Now time for a good book and yet another flat white. Life is good. #flat white #again #seriouslythough #ihaveaproblem #sunayafternoon #fairtradecoffee #makeeverycupcount #laughingmancoffee #laughingman #bookworm #bibliophile #cupajoe #coffeeandchacos #coffeeandbooks #reader #goodlife #bookishlife
#melgibson #ohidosay #carryon #oldboy #chasethehoundsdown #themarshes #goodphilhunting #extra #longassdays #stevecoogan #trinitycollegelibary #oxforddictionary #original #story #neveragain #imaspeakingactor #anylines #grim #pjsoc #iwantahundredbilliondollars #sssshh #gentleman #gentlemansclub
It has been a really intense couple of days, including meeting an IRL grifter and capped off by an absolute farce of a late-night flight cancellation and associated dramas. I bought this book for my baby brother, who is both an engineer and a complete nerd, because Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman was deeply revelatory and Exactly promised to be more of the same. Too sleep-deprived to sleep, I got through it myself yesterday (pre-reading book gifts are one of the best perks of giving book gifts). There's something perversely entertaining about reading about precision engineering when technology lets you down. Also the design of this book is genuinely spectacular. @4thestatewilliamcollinsdesign @wmcollinsbooks #SimonWinchester #Exactly #TheProfessorandtheMadman #precisionengineering #bookgifts #engineering #bookdesign #justread #bookstagram #instabook #bookish #bookworm #booklover
FOAMBALLS #skeletonstyle #southernocean #southcoast #whomp #bodysurfing #bodysurfingcommunity #theprofessorandthemadman @hush_handboards @podware @orcaaus @we_bodysurfers
THE PROFESSOR AND THE MAD MAN. Simon Winchester. 30.000,- Tak bersegel, sedikit kotor. Stok 1eks. 300gram #simonwinchester
In 1857 the Philological Society in London set out to publish the most comprehensive dictionary of the English language, a sorely needed commodity of the time as English was spreading across the globe yet there was no definitive source for proper spelling, definition, or usage of most words of the language. The Professor and the Madman is the tale of the compilation of what became the Oxford English Dictionary, a feat that spanned 70 years, under the guidance of a dedicated genius editor for 40 years, an unlikely American contributor from behind the walls of the Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane, and the bond of friendship the spawned between the two men. #TheProfessorandtheMadman #SimonWinchester #book #books #read #reading #learn #learning #words #OxfordEnglishDictionary #OED #language #history
I want that Marcus Arelius life where you just sit and read all day and centuries later people are still interested in what you had to say about it. #bookstagram #aconfederacyofdunces #dickens #philosophy
? The paranoiac-critical method is a surrealist technique developed by Salvador Dalí in the early 1930s. He employed it in the production of paintings and other artworks, especially those that involved optical illusions and other multiple images. The technique consists of the artist invoking a paranoid state (fear that the self is being manipulated, targeted or controlled by others). The result is a deconstruction of the psychological concept of identity, such that subjectivity becomes the primary aspect of the artwork. #thefrightenedfreak #horrorist #abyssnessasusual #perpetualapocalypse #paralyzedwithfear #thedevouredcoward #eatenbyevil
There is a fine line between madman and genius ????#oxfordenglishdictionary #insaneasylum #mystery #jamesmurray #drminor
Very much digging this impulse buy from #audible When I saw Simon Winchester wrote it I was pretty jazzed, since was fascinating #lordbyronsbookrecs #theperfectionists #precision #audiobook
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