An endangered species: the polymath in an age of specialisation
A lecture by Peter Burke (Cambridge).
A cultural history of polymaths from the Renaissance to the present (from Leonardo to Umberto Eco), investigating how the species has managed to survive despite increasing specialization
An endangered species: the polymath in an age of specialisation
A lecture by Peter Burke (Cambridge).
A cultural history of polymaths from the Renaissance to the present (from Leonardo to Umberto Eco), investigating how the species has managed to survive despite increasing specialization