Pavel Florensky: A Quiet Genius: The Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Russia's Unknown da Vinci by Pyman, Avril - 2010-03-24

Hardback. Very Good.

New York: Continuum, 2010. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xxiii, 304pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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. He has been compared to Pascal, Teilhard de Chardin, even 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, theoretical and applied physics, aspects of language,… Read More

Continuum, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", xxiv, 304 pages, 16 pages of black and white plates, chronology, glossary of names. The first biography in English of an extraordinary polymath whose great genius was stifled and finally extinguished by the Soviet Union. Hb, fine in near fine dw. .

Continuum, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Hardback. New. Pavel Florensky was, at one and the same time, a supremely gifted philosopher, mathematician, physicist, engineer and theologian. He was also a poet and wrote studies of history, language and art. His book "The Pillar and the Ground of Truth" is widely seen as a masterpiece of Russian Orthodox theology. This title offers an account of his life.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2010. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.30x6.10x1.20 inches.