34,01 €
37,79 €
-10% with code: EXTRA
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
34,01
37,79 €
  • We will send in 10–14 business days.
The compilation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was one of the most ambitious and challenging language projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the vast over-seeing committee, led by professor James Murray, discovered that more than 10,000 definitions had been submitted by one man, Dr. W. C. Minor. When the committee insisited on honoring him, the incredible truth came to light: Dr. Minor was really a brilliant but severly ill inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. This…
37.79
  • Publisher:
  • Year: 1998
  • Pages: 242
  • ISBN-10: 0060175966
  • ISBN-13: 9780060175962
  • Format: 15 x 21.4 x 2.4 cm, kieti viršeliai
  • Language: English
  • SAVE -10% with code: EXTRA

The Professor and the Madman (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

Reviews

(3.84 Goodreads rating)

Description

The compilation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was one of the most ambitious and challenging language projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the vast over-seeing committee, led by professor James Murray, discovered that more than 10,000 definitions had been submitted by one man, Dr. W. C. Minor. When the committee insisited on honoring him, the incredible truth came to light: Dr. Minor was really a brilliant but severly ill inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. This is the fascinating, unforgettable true story of a man who became the most prolific contributor of the English language and to history itself.

EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA

34,01
37,79 €
We will send in 10–14 business days.

The promotion ends in 23d.16:14:10

The discount code is valid when purchasing from 10 €. Discounts do not stack.

Log in and for this item
you will receive 0,38 Book Euros!?
  • Author: Simon Winchester
  • Publisher:
  • Year: 1998
  • Pages: 242
  • ISBN-10: 0060175966
  • ISBN-13: 9780060175962
  • Format: 15 x 21.4 x 2.4 cm, kieti viršeliai
  • Language: English English

The compilation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was one of the most ambitious and challenging language projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the vast over-seeing committee, led by professor James Murray, discovered that more than 10,000 definitions had been submitted by one man, Dr. W. C. Minor. When the committee insisited on honoring him, the incredible truth came to light: Dr. Minor was really a brilliant but severly ill inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. This is the fascinating, unforgettable true story of a man who became the most prolific contributor of the English language and to history itself.

Reviews

  • No reviews
0 customers have rated this item.
5
0%
4
0%
3
0%
2
0%
1
0%
(will not be displayed)