The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
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In the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, a "brisk and vivid"( Los Angeles Times) account of an obsessive scholar.
Polymath, eccentric, and synonym aficionado, Peter Mark Roget had a host of female admirers, was one of the first to test the effects of laughing gas, invented the slide rule, and narrowly escaped jail in Napoleon's France. But Roget is best known for making lis... More
Polymath, eccentric, and synonym aficionado, Peter Mark Roget had a host of female admirers, was one of the first to test the effects of laughing gas, invented the slide rule, and narrowly escaped jail in Napoleon's France. But Roget is best known for making lis... More
Book Information
Publisher | Berkley Publishing Group |
Binding | Paperback (12 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 320 |
ISBN-10 | 0425225895 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0425225899 |
Publication Date | 03/03/2009 |
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