Polymath - rare these days
Wednesday, 4. November 2009, 05:14:02
Just finished reading THE LAST DAYS OF THE POLYMATH By Edward Carr.
Interesting to know a lot about a lot.
What is a polymath?. Polymath is someone that "have learned much". There's a wikipedia page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath. Some well known polymath are Leonardo Da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin.
So do you think you're one of these rare breeds
Interesting to know a lot about a lot.
What is a polymath?. Polymath is someone that "have learned much". There's a wikipedia page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath. Some well known polymath are Leonardo Da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin.
Specialisation is hard on polymaths. Every moment devoted to one area is a moment less to give over to something else. Researchers are focused on narrower areas of work. In the sciences this means that you often need to put together a team to do anything useful. Most scientific papers have more than one author; papers in some disciplines have 20 or 30. Only a fool sets out to cure cancer, Rees says. You need to concentrate on some detail—while remembering the big question you are ultimately trying to answer. “These days”, he says, “no scientist makes a unique contribution.
So do you think you're one of these rare breeds
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