The Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary = Hakase to kyojin : Sekai saiko no jisho OED no tanjo hiwa [Japanese Edition]
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The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, 70 years in the making, was an intellectually heroic feat with a twist worthy of the greatest mystery fiction: one of its most valuable contributors was a criminally insane American physician, locked up in an English asylum for murder. British stage actor Simon Jones leads us through this uncommon meeting of minds (the other belon... More
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Publisher | Hayakawa Shobo |
Binding | Paperback Bunko (29 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 358 |
ISBN-10 | 4150503060 |
ISBN-13 | 978-4150503062 |
Publication Date | /2006 |
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