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On a grander scale : the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren, Lisa Jardine
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- Summary
- Everything Sir Christopher Wren undertook, he envisaged on a grander scale--bigger, better, more enduring than anything that had gone before. A versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity, he was a mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society. Eventually, he made a career in what he described disparagingly in later life as "Rubbish"--the architecture, design, and construction of public buildings. Through the prism of Wren's tumultuous life and brilliant intellect, historian Lisa Jardine unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-seventeenth-century science and ideas. -- Publisher description from back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 600 pages
- Contents
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- Loyal sons of delinquent fathers
- Precocious students at invisible colleges
- Making the most of one's talents
- Preferred routes to success
- Connected in companies
- Overlapping interests
- Standing the test of time
- Ambitious to leave great monuments
- Isbn
- 9780060959104
- Label
- On a grander scale : the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren
- Title
- On a grander scale
- Title remainder
- the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren
- Statement of responsibility
- Lisa Jardine
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Everything Sir Christopher Wren undertook, he envisaged on a grander scale--bigger, better, more enduring than anything that had gone before. A versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity, he was a mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society. Eventually, he made a career in what he described disparagingly in later life as "Rubbish"--the architecture, design, and construction of public buildings. Through the prism of Wren's tumultuous life and brilliant intellect, historian Lisa Jardine unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-seventeenth-century science and ideas. -- Publisher description from back cover
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- JJG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jardine, Lisa
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA997.W8
- LC item number
- J37 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wren, Christopher
- Architects
- Label
- On a grander scale : the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren, Lisa Jardine
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-582) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Loyal sons of delinquent fathers -- Precocious students at invisible colleges -- Making the most of one's talents -- Preferred routes to success -- Connected in companies -- Overlapping interests -- Standing the test of time -- Ambitious to leave great monuments
- Control code
- ocm54456287
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 600 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060959104
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Gift of Carol Traveny.
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)54456287
- Label
- On a grander scale : the outstanding life and tumultuous times of Sir Christopher Wren, Lisa Jardine
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-582) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Loyal sons of delinquent fathers -- Precocious students at invisible colleges -- Making the most of one's talents -- Preferred routes to success -- Connected in companies -- Overlapping interests -- Standing the test of time -- Ambitious to leave great monuments
- Control code
- ocm54456287
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 600 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060959104
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Gift of Carol Traveny.
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)54456287
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