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- noun Plural form of
polymath .
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Examples
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"Nowadays people that are called polymaths are dabblers-are dabblers in many different areas," he says.
Mental multivitamin 2009
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His name was al-Kindi (801-873) (Latinised as Alkindus) and he is regarded as the first of the Abbasid polymaths.
When Baghdad was centre of the scientific world Jim al-Khalili 2010
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This led me to realise that writing was a possible career -- and not something reserved to a happy few (my typology of writers so far included mostly impressive polymaths like Victor Hugo).
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Gareth L. Powell & Aliette de Bodard 2010
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Other challenges have followed, and though the polymaths haven't found solutions every time, they have pioneered a new approach to problem-solving.
The New Einsteins Will Be Scientists Who Share Michael Nielsen 2011
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Nowadays, you can spend decades just getting caught up to the state of the art in one field, where 50 or 100 years ago someone could be at the leading edge in a variety of areas (there are fewer polymaths than in yearspast)
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The sand moved about until it reached the nodes, and the array of patterns resulting from the "playing" of different notes caused great excitement among the Parisian polymaths.
Archive 2008-11-01 Peggy 2008
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Web home of the brilliant, lovely Kathryn Cramer - one of our world's rare and precious polymaths.
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Web home of the brilliant, lovely Kathryn Cramer - one of our world's rare and precious polymaths.
April 2010 2010
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Van Gulik was one of those polymaths who blossoms early but never quite fulfills his potential.
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Tagged with science fiction, voracious antisocial polymaths, writing
‘The Burden of the Modern Science Fiction Writer’ « Gerry Canavan 2008
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