In Search of Sir Thomas Browne by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
The extraordinary life and ideas of one of the greatestand most neglectedminds in history.
"A delightful portrait" -- Jim Holt - New York Times Book Review
"[F]ascinating…. [A] cleverly constructed and amusing book, on a subject deserving of fresh attention." -- Jeffrey Collins - Wall Street Journal
"A triumph. With humour, humility and intelligent generosity, Aldersey-Williams brings Sir Thomas Browne splendidly to life, urns and all." -- Financial Times (UK)
"Engaging and thoughtful…. Like some of the most compelling biographers, Aldersey-Williams partly inhabits his subject." -- Literary Review (UK)
"Superb…. Aldersey-Williams has produced not a standard biography but a fascinating genre-bending melange of life story, medicine, science and human culture…. With luck this fine tribute will bring Browne the wider readership he richly deserves." -- Sunday Herald (UK)
"This is just the kind of celebration Sir Thomas Browne needs and deserves: not a conventional biography but a meditation filled with intellectual curiosity, tolerance, humane observation, and gentle wit. It shows Browne as a man caught in the currents of his times while musing on timeless questions—and, like Aldersey-Williams, determined to weigh up the evidence without dogmatism, and to enjoy the richness of the world." -- Philip Ball
"A wonderfully erratic, promenading book, in which we see how different, yet how similar we still are today to that most serene, most enigmatic science pioneer and literary master, Sir Thomas Browne, whose prose style is one of the highest peaks in English literature, according to Borges and to my humble self." -- Javier Marías
"[T]he intellectual equivalent of a buddy road trip." -- Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
"[F]ascinating…. [A] cleverly constructed and amusing book, on a subject deserving of fresh attention." -- Jeffrey Collins - Wall Street Journal
"A triumph. With humour, humility and intelligent generosity, Aldersey-Williams brings Sir Thomas Browne splendidly to life, urns and all." -- Financial Times (UK)
"Engaging and thoughtful…. Like some of the most compelling biographers, Aldersey-Williams partly inhabits his subject." -- Literary Review (UK)
"Superb…. Aldersey-Williams has produced not a standard biography but a fascinating genre-bending melange of life story, medicine, science and human culture…. With luck this fine tribute will bring Browne the wider readership he richly deserves." -- Sunday Herald (UK)
"This is just the kind of celebration Sir Thomas Browne needs and deserves: not a conventional biography but a meditation filled with intellectual curiosity, tolerance, humane observation, and gentle wit. It shows Browne as a man caught in the currents of his times while musing on timeless questions—and, like Aldersey-Williams, determined to weigh up the evidence without dogmatism, and to enjoy the richness of the world." -- Philip Ball
"A wonderfully erratic, promenading book, in which we see how different, yet how similar we still are today to that most serene, most enigmatic science pioneer and literary master, Sir Thomas Browne, whose prose style is one of the highest peaks in English literature, according to Borges and to my humble self." -- Javier Marías
"[T]he intellectual equivalent of a buddy road trip." -- Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
Hugh Aldersey-Williams is the author of many books, including The Tide, Anatomies, Periodic Tales, and The Most Beautiful Molecule, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Norfolk, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393241648 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393241645 |
| Title | In Search of Sir Thomas Browne |
| Author | Hugh Aldersey Williams |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2017-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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