His Invention So Fertile: a Life of Christopher Wren
Author(s): Adrian Tinniswood
This portrait of Christopher Wren (1632-1723), the great British architect, aims to show us the man behind the legend - a man who was the Surveyor of the King's Works, a pioneering anatomist and mathematician, who devised new navigational instruments and lectured on planetary motion.
General Information
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- : vinteb
- : vinteb
- : 0.667
- : 02 May 2002
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Adrian Tinniswood
- : Paperback
- : 480
- : 24pp halftones
More About The Product
A superb biography of Christopher Wren who was not only perhaps the greatest ever British architect but also a polymath who throughout his long life undertook important astronomical, mathematical and anatomical work that made a vital contribution to the ideas of Newton, Halley and Boyle. Tinniswood shows us the man behind the legend and paints a colourful portrait of a fascinating period of English history.