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Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius

The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown Da Vinci [Hardback]

by Dr Avril Pyman

    • Author

      Dr Avril Pyman

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Continuum

    • Published

      March 2010

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      Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius

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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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      • Author

        Dr Avril Pyman

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Continuum

      • Published

        March 2010

      • Weight

        663g

      • Page Count

        320

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9781441187000

      • ISBN-10

        1441187006

      • Eden Code

        2743695

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      • Author/Creator: Dr Avril Pyman

      • ISBN: 9781441187000

      • Publisher: Continuum

      • Release Date: March 2010

      • Weight: 663g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 2743695


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