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Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius - The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,678
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Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius - The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci (Hardcover): Avril Pyman

Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius - The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci (Hardcover)

Avril Pyman

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This is the first biography in English of an extraordinary polymath whose great genius was stifled and finally extinguished by the Soviet Union. "Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius" is the first biography in English of an extraordinary polymath whose genius was stifled and finally extinguished by the Soviet Union. Today Pavel Florensky is often referred to as the Russian da Vinci. Florensky was, at one and the same time, a supremely gifted philosopher, mathematician, physicist, inventor, engineer and theologian. He was also a poet and wrote studies of history, language and art. Although he taught philosophy for most of his working life, his interests were wide-ranging and profound and included the study of time and space, the theory of relativity, aspects of language, and the properties of materials and geology. His book "The Pillar and the Ground of Truth" is widely seen as a masterpiece of Russian Orthodox theology. Eminent Russian scholar Avril Pyman looks at Florensky's life, from his childhood as the son of a railroad engineer to his mysterious death, and provides a populist perspective on his achievements. "Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius" celebrates the life of this unjustly forgotten victim of the Soviet Union.

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Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2010
First published: March 2010
Authors: Avril Pyman
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-8700-0
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches
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LSN: 1-4411-8700-6
Barcode: 9781441187000

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