Word: polymath
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...Truth Is as Beautiful as Fiction Most writers are happy to achieve success in a single format, but such a career would bore gifted polymath Vikram Seth. The Indian-born author has already delighted readers with poetry, translations of Chinese verse, a book of travels through Tibet, a libretto and the monumental novel A Suitable Boy. This fall, Seth releases his latest foray into a new genre: a memoir titled Two Lives, which tells the true story of how his Indian granduncle Shanti fell in love with and married a Jewish-German woman after World War II. The book will...
...Cardinals who are often tagged with the word charismatic are Honduras' OSCAR RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA and Austria's CHRISTOPH SCHONBORN. The first is a polymath with a c.v. that includes eight languages, debt-relief work with the rock star Bono, some music playing of his own and what an observer calls an "effervescence." The second possesses a different charm (see box). The cosmopolitan scion of generations of European and Catholic nobility, he has what John Allen, author of Conclave, called a "princely bearing," which has kept him in good stead among world leaders. Never before have musical chops and impressive posture...
...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...