Word: polymath
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...Steve is a polymath whose breadth of knowledge and range of interests is really quite amazing,” says Professor of Psychology Richard J. McNally, adding that “the popularity of his recent books has heightened his visibility even among those relatively unfamiliar with psychology...
...Royal Institution of Great Britain, thought that ?quite soon? women would be able to have their eggs fertilized while they were still in their normal child-bearing years, store them and then bear the child whenever they choose. "People of all ages will be having children," she said. Polymath inventor Raymond Kurzweil made a prediction that left even his fellow futurists gasping. Asked how long he expected to live in light of all these advances, he replied unhestitatingly, "1,000 years. My kids...
More from the quirkiness department: Rick Du Puy, described by some as an old-fashioned polymath for his concurrent interests in math, music theory and philosophy, betrayed the extent of his nostalgia for days past by ordering a tall glass of milk. Krish Subrahmanian, the Class of 2003’s first class marshal, also displayed self-assured innocence in his drink selection when he requested a Shirley Temple to the jaw-dropped surprise of the waitress. As she continued down the length of the table, though, she was soon fighting back an onslaught of drink pleas...
...founding father of this brave new world is an affable, bespectacled, 42-year-old polymath named Will Wright. In 1981, after five years of bouncing around three colleges without graduating, Wright decided to try his hand at writing a computer game. He called it Raid on Bungeling Bay. "It was basically a pretty stupid fly-around-in-a-helicopter-and-shoot-people game," he admits. The object was to fly over various islands and bomb them back to the Stone Age. But Wright became fascinated with these tiny islands. He found himself spending hours giving each one a detailed, working...
There are other giants who walk alongside Mehldau, whose work is informed by both jazz and classical composers. Like piano great Bill Evans, Mehldau, 30, is a jazz polymath, filtering disparate philosophical ideas into his art (Mignon's Song, a Mehldau composition on a previous CD, is named after a Goethe poem; another one of his tunes is titled Elegy for William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg). And, evoking Chopin, Mehldau's best work has a kind of pristine, romantic beauty...