Simon Winchester
A celebrated foreign correspondent for Condé Nast Traveler, The Guardian, National Geographic and others, Simon Winchester has authored numerous books that highlight eccentric and obscure British intellectuals who have had a disproportionably huge impact on modern civilization. These include pioneering 19th century geologist William Smith (The Map That Changed The World), Dr W. C. Minor, the convicted murderer who helped write the Oxford English Dictionary (The Professor and The Madman) and Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China (The Man Who Loved China). An Oxford graduate living in Massachusetts, Winchester received an OBE from Queen Elizabeth in 2006.
Simon Winchester
Hardcover
Winchester uses the famous photograph of Alice Liddell as a springboard for an inventive and fascinating look at the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll’s celebrated children’s classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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Softcover
Blending history and geography, anecdote and reminiscence, science and lore into an intriguing journey through time, Simon Winchester has written the definitive biography of the world’s most important body of water.
Softcover
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa chronicles the eccentric scholar and adventurer Joseph Needham, whose work on China (spurred by an actual love affair) changed the Western world.
