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On a Grander Scale : The Outstanding Life and Tumultuous Times of Sir Christopher Wren
On a Grander Scale The Outstanding Life and Tumultuous Times of Sir Christopher Wren
Author: Lisa Jardine
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060959104
ISBN-10: 006095910X
Publication Date: 2/2004
Pages: 624
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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To be honest, I had to read this for a report for my Humanties Class on St. Paul's Cathedral. It was funny, but I ended up reading just because this man was so interesting. It was a very good book. The New York Times Book Review said, "
Admirably researched...we should not see [Wren's] architecture and his science as opposed...his particular brand of brilliance was all of a piece."


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