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The Syme Papers

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Author : Benjamin Markovits
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-02-17

The Syme Papers written by Benjamin Markovits and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-17 with Fiction categories.

Douglas Pitt is a man obsessed. Laughed at, mocked, and dismissed at every turn, Pitt has dedicated the best part of an unremarkable academic career attempting to prove the genius of Samuel Highgate Syme (b.1794, Baltimore; soldier, geologist, inventor). Pitt's postulation is simple enough: Syme, through some fault, wrong-doing, conspiracy or mischance, has not been credited with the recognition he deserves for hitting upon a key discovery in the advance of modern science - the theory of continental drift. Lacking the crucial last piece of the puzzle to convince his peers and normalize his family life, Pitt's emotional equilibrium is stabilised in a magical stroke of fortune when he uncovers a contemporary manuscript written by a fledgling German scientist, Friedrich Muller, which recounts a year (1821) in the company of the irrepressible Syme. Switching between these beguiling and colourful narratives, The Syme Papers takes the reader on an odyssey into the heart of Maryland and Virginia in the 1820s by way of London and Texas today. An epic stew of intellectual procrastination, early nineteenth-century picaresque and late twentieth-century angst, it is a novel of genius and failure; of a man who thought he could prove the world was hollow, and in the glorious process of discovery, broke his own heart. Teeming with comic detail and fierce intelligence, The Syme Papers recreates a time when to question the world and the origins of creation was the greatest project a scientist could undertake.

Papers Of The Syme Family

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Author : Syme family
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833

Papers Of The Syme Family written by Syme family and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with Age (Melbourne, Vic.) categories.

Catalogue Of The Papers Of N R Syme

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

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Ronald Syme Roman Papers

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

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Ronald Syme Roman Papers

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Author : David Braund
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990

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Roman Papers

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Author : Ronald Syme
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Roman Papers written by Ronald Syme and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.

Before his death in late 1989, Sir Ronald Syme approved the publication of these 59 papers on Roman history which complete this collection of his life's work. Volume VI covers such varied topics as Human Rights and Social Status at Rome, Marriage Ages for Roman Senators, Oligarchy at Rome: A Paradigm for Political Science, Military Geography at Rome, Diet on Capri, A Dozen Early Priesthoods, and Some Unrecognized Authors from Spain . Volume VII contains solely later, unpublished work which was still in manuscript form at the time of Sir Ronald's death. The final item is a spoof on Tacitus, comprising a Latin text on the story of Titus and Berenice with historical commentary. The work is aimed at scholars and students of Roman history, Roman literature, Roman philosophy, and classics.

Ronald Syme Roman Papers

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Author : Ernst Badian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

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Roman Papers Volume V

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Author : Ronald Syme
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1979

Roman Papers Volume V written by Ronald Syme and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This final volume, discussing ancient authors such as the younger Pliny and Tacitus, contains the most recent papers of Sir Ronald Syme, a major figure in classical studies for almost half a century.

David Syme Prize Published Papers

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Author : Roy Douglas Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937

David Syme Prize Published Papers written by Roy Douglas Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Tissues categories.

Papers Of Sir Colin Syme

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Author : Colin York Syme
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946

Papers Of Sir Colin Syme written by Colin York Syme and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Corporations, Australian categories.

MS 6498 comprises diaries and papers. The diaries were kept on overseas trips between 1946-1984. Countries visited included the United States, United Kingdom, France, Brazil, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Syme was usually accompanied by Lady Syme and sometimes by directors and managers of BHP, such as L. Gordon Darling and Geoffrey Heeley. Most volumes have indexes of people met and places visited.