The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary--and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.</P>
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西蒙·温切斯特(Simon Winchester)
英国著名作家、记者。生于1944年,毕业于牛津大学地质系。曾任《卫报》及《星期日泰晤士报》海外特派员,并为《纽约时报》《国家地理杂志》及BBC等媒体撰稿,现居美国。
温切斯特长于描述历史事件,《教授与疯子》《喀拉喀托火山》《改变世界的地图》等小说多次登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜单。温切斯特凭借在新闻及文学领域的贡献,于2006年获大英帝国勋章。
最近因为出了新版的缘故,听到这本书,从图书馆找来了旧版看。故事讲得很有趣味,流畅。书又薄。于是一下子读完了。 其中让我心生感慨的,还是一本大词典的诞生过程。这是一项非常枯燥的工作,要看指定的书籍,从浩浩纸堆中记录下一个词汇的用法,引语,出处。一本完了接着又...
评分 评分绝版多年的书突然出了新版,这对书与读者而言大概都属幸事。英国著名的非虚构作家西蒙·温彻斯特出版于1998年的成名作《教授与疯子》近日由新经典重装再版,令人颇感欣慰。然而意外的是,这本从内容到结构到文笔都极对我口味的讲述《牛津英语词典》两大奠基人传奇故事的作品,...
评分无机客 时下很少有书能带给我如此强烈的触动,但《教授与疯子》做到了。这本书由百花文艺出版社出版,英文原书出版于1998年,是作者Simon Winchester最优秀的一部作品,其中文版也是一部翻译很用心的作品。然而,该书初版只印刷了4000册,并且我是在一家旧书店里找到它的,可...
评分(旧版的书评,不知道现在文中doctor译作”博士“的错误有没有纠正过来?) 时下很少有书能带给我如此强烈的触动,但《教授与疯子》做到了。这本书英文原书出版于1998年,是作者Simon Winchester最优秀的一部作品,其中文版也是一部翻译很用心的作品。然而,该书初版只印...
所有的科普部分原本就知道,故事部分毫无节奏感,太多的人物生平有凑字之嫌。还是不错的休闲读物
评分才意识到oed不是1800年的事情
评分Intriguing anecdotes of the intellectual who contributed immensely to the OED,yet was confined in the Bethlem,where he still had his life,though this former US army surgeon remains in delusions. Despite contents,the language is largely British and thus harsh to me,but above all it's surprisingly no-academic given that the book is intellectual.
评分不知是不是因为述事技巧的关系 感觉故事没我期待中的那么精彩?!
评分Intriguing anecdotes of the intellectual who contributed immensely to the OED,yet was confined in the Bethlem,where he still had his life,though this former US army surgeon remains in delusions. Despite contents,the language is largely British and thus harsh to me,but above all it's surprisingly no-academic given that the book is intellectual.
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