by Simon Winchester · Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060839789
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Delve into the captivating story of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary with Simon Winchester's 'The Professor and the Madman'. This book narrates the unlikely collaboration between Professor James Murray and Dr. W.C. Minor, an American Civil War veteran confined to an asylum for the criminally insane, whose contribution was fundamental to the compilation of the dictionary. A story of obsession, genius, and redemption that will reveal the intricacies of one of the most ambitious linguistic projects in history.
Simon Winchester is a British-American author and journalist. In his career at The Guardian newspaper, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal. Winchester has written or contributed to over 30 best-selling nonfiction books, one novel, and several magazines, among them Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, and National Geographic.
