Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot
Autor Charles Ceramien Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 feb 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780471387527
ISBN-10: 0471387525
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Colecția John Wiley &Sons
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0471387525
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Colecția John Wiley &Sons
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
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Descriere
Advance praise for Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot "Herein breathes the universal genius Benjamin Banneker mathematician, astronomer, diarist, and sage.
Biographer Charles Cerami mines the available data, eschews the apocryphal, and renders his subject human. Captured completely is the flowering genius of a largely home–schooled boy wonder, exhibiting mathematical wizardry while devouring the Bible, Plato, Epictetus, and virtually every other extant tome. The fabled memory that could have reproduced L′Enfant′s plan for the entire District of Columbia becomes palpable and real.
We understand how the pragmatic farmer who was imbued with Quaker ideology endured decades of ignominious racism with overt equanimity while haunted by incessant night terrors. We comprehend the heroism of the man whose very existence refuted Thomas Jefferson′s notorious public denial of black intellect in Notes on Virginia when, speaking truth to power, Banneker launched an anti–slavery epistle at the ambivalent and duplicitous Jefferson. We are enraged at the account of arsonists setting fire on the day of Banneker′s funeral to the small, rustic log cabin where the genius had labored in solitude among his instruments, papers, and books. We are grateful to Charles Cerami, who has resurrected the spirit of a neglected giant and gifted us with a biography nearly two centuries overdue."
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP
"Like Benjamin Banneker, Charles Cerami presents the product of his research in a modest yet compelling manner. Cerami engagingly writes about both Banneker the genius and Banneker the man a thought–provoking read."
Raymond G. Dobard, Ph.D., Professor of Art, Howard University, and coauthor of Hidden in Plain View: A Secret story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Biographer Charles Cerami mines the available data, eschews the apocryphal, and renders his subject human. Captured completely is the flowering genius of a largely home–schooled boy wonder, exhibiting mathematical wizardry while devouring the Bible, Plato, Epictetus, and virtually every other extant tome. The fabled memory that could have reproduced L′Enfant′s plan for the entire District of Columbia becomes palpable and real.
We understand how the pragmatic farmer who was imbued with Quaker ideology endured decades of ignominious racism with overt equanimity while haunted by incessant night terrors. We comprehend the heroism of the man whose very existence refuted Thomas Jefferson′s notorious public denial of black intellect in Notes on Virginia when, speaking truth to power, Banneker launched an anti–slavery epistle at the ambivalent and duplicitous Jefferson. We are enraged at the account of arsonists setting fire on the day of Banneker′s funeral to the small, rustic log cabin where the genius had labored in solitude among his instruments, papers, and books. We are grateful to Charles Cerami, who has resurrected the spirit of a neglected giant and gifted us with a biography nearly two centuries overdue."
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP
"Like Benjamin Banneker, Charles Cerami presents the product of his research in a modest yet compelling manner. Cerami engagingly writes about both Banneker the genius and Banneker the man a thought–provoking read."
Raymond G. Dobard, Ph.D., Professor of Art, Howard University, and coauthor of Hidden in Plain View: A Secret story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
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Advance praise for Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor, Astronomer, Publisher, Patriot "Herein breathes the universal genius Benjamin Banneker mathematician, astronomer, diarist, and sage.
Biographer Charles Cerami mines the available data, eschews the apocryphal, and renders his subject human. Captured completely is the flowering genius of a largely home–schooled boy wonder, exhibiting mathematical wizardry while devouring the Bible, Plato, Epictetus, and virtually every other extant tome. The fabled memory that could have reproduced L′Enfant′s plan for the entire District of Columbia becomes palpable and real.
We understand how the pragmatic farmer who was imbued with Quaker ideology endured decades of ignominious racism with overt equanimity while haunted by incessant night terrors. We comprehend the heroism of the man whose very existence refuted Thomas Jefferson′s notorious public denial of black intellect in Notes on Virginia when, speaking truth to power, Banneker launched an anti–slavery epistle at the ambivalent and duplicitous Jefferson. We are enraged at the account of arsonists setting fire on the day of Banneker′s funeral to the small, rustic log cabin where the genius had labored in solitude among his instruments, papers, and books. We are grateful to Charles Cerami, who has resurrected the spirit of a neglected giant and gifted us with a biography nearly two centuries overdue."
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP
"Like Benjamin Banneker, Charles Cerami presents the product of his research in a modest yet compelling manner. Cerami engagingly writes about both Banneker the genius and Banneker the man a thought–provoking read."
Raymond G. Dobard, Ph.D., Professor of Art, Howard University, and coauthor of Hidden in Plain View: A Secret story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Biographer Charles Cerami mines the available data, eschews the apocryphal, and renders his subject human. Captured completely is the flowering genius of a largely home–schooled boy wonder, exhibiting mathematical wizardry while devouring the Bible, Plato, Epictetus, and virtually every other extant tome. The fabled memory that could have reproduced L′Enfant′s plan for the entire District of Columbia becomes palpable and real.
We understand how the pragmatic farmer who was imbued with Quaker ideology endured decades of ignominious racism with overt equanimity while haunted by incessant night terrors. We comprehend the heroism of the man whose very existence refuted Thomas Jefferson′s notorious public denial of black intellect in Notes on Virginia when, speaking truth to power, Banneker launched an anti–slavery epistle at the ambivalent and duplicitous Jefferson. We are enraged at the account of arsonists setting fire on the day of Banneker′s funeral to the small, rustic log cabin where the genius had labored in solitude among his instruments, papers, and books. We are grateful to Charles Cerami, who has resurrected the spirit of a neglected giant and gifted us with a biography nearly two centuries overdue."
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP
"Like Benjamin Banneker, Charles Cerami presents the product of his research in a modest yet compelling manner. Cerami engagingly writes about both Banneker the genius and Banneker the man a thought–provoking read."
Raymond G. Dobard, Ph.D., Professor of Art, Howard University, and coauthor of Hidden in Plain View: A Secret story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Cuprins
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Prince and the Convict.
2. Lessons, Precious and Painful.
3. The Lurking Terror.
4. A Door Opens Wider.
5. The Great Unknown.
6. Enter the Ellicotts.
7. Turning Night into Day.
8. The Unfinished Revolution.
9. Attracted to the City.
10. Meanwhile,at Mount Vernon.
11. Astonishing Choices.
12. Back Home to Plant ...and Publish.
13. A Declaration of Indignation.
14. A Founder s Crafty Response.
15. A Place Among the Greats.
16. The Sage s Years of Glory.
17. Living Off the Land Again.
18. Ennobled by Flame.
Appendix I:The Dogon Ancestors.
Appendix II:A Significant Similarity.
Sources.
General Source Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Prince and the Convict.
2. Lessons, Precious and Painful.
3. The Lurking Terror.
4. A Door Opens Wider.
5. The Great Unknown.
6. Enter the Ellicotts.
7. Turning Night into Day.
8. The Unfinished Revolution.
9. Attracted to the City.
10. Meanwhile,at Mount Vernon.
11. Astonishing Choices.
12. Back Home to Plant ...and Publish.
13. A Declaration of Indignation.
14. A Founder s Crafty Response.
15. A Place Among the Greats.
16. The Sage s Years of Glory.
17. Living Off the Land Again.
18. Ennobled by Flame.
Appendix I:The Dogon Ancestors.
Appendix II:A Significant Similarity.
Sources.
General Source Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Recenzii
"...written with a clarity and simplicity..." (Times Literary Supplement, 31 May 2002)
"...written with a clarity and simplicity..." (Times Literary Supplement, 31 May 2002)
"...written with a clarity and simplicity..." (Times Literary Supplement, 31 May 2002)
Notă biografică
CHARLES A. CERAMI is a former principal editor of the Kiplinger Washington Publications and an economist who has written extensively for the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine, Playboy, Parade, and other leading publications. He is the author of ten books, including Successful Leadership in Business; Alliance Born of Danger; More Profit, Less Risk; and A Marshall Plan for the 1990s.