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His Invention So Fertile : a Life of Christopher Wren.

In His Invention So Fertile, Adrian Tinniswood offers the first biography of Christopher Wren in a generation. It is a book that reveals the full depth of Wren's multifaceted genius, not only as one of the greatest architects who ever lived--the designer of St. Paul's Cathedral--but as an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tinniswood, Adrian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In His Invention So Fertile, Adrian Tinniswood offers the first biography of Christopher Wren in a generation. It is a book that reveals the full depth of Wren's multifaceted genius, not only as one of the greatest architects who ever lived--the designer of St. Paul's Cathedral--but as an influential seventeenth-century scientist. Tinniswood writes with insight and flair as he follows Wren from Wadham College, Oxford, through the turmoil of the English Civil War, to his role in helping to found the Royal Society--the intellectual and scientific heart of seventeenth-century England. The reader.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (480 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-431) and index.
ISBN:9781602564688
160256468X
0195149890
9780195149890
9786610532353
6610532354