In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind
Hugh Aldersey-Williams • Rizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑0393241648
In Search of Sir Thomas Browne: The Life and Afterlife of the Seventeenth Century's Most Inquiring Mind
Hugh Aldersey-Williams • Rizzoli
ISBN-10: 0393241645 · ISBN-13: 978‑0393241648 · 2015
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Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores the multifaceted legacy of Sir Thomas Browne, the seventeenth-century physician and polymath whose intellectual curiosity bridged the gap between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This biography examines Browne’s enduring influence on literature and science, tracing how his idiosyncratic prose and scientific inquiries continue to resonate in contemporary thought.
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