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- 2007029264 abstract "Peter Mark Roget--polymath, eccentric, synonym aficionado--was a complicated man. He was a scholar obsessed with his work, yet he had an allure that endeared him to his contemporaries--not to mention a host of female admirers. But most notably, he made lists. Roget longed for order in his chaotic world. His father's premature death and the mental illness of his mother and sister threatened to plunge him into his own madness. And so, at the age of eight, he started making lists. From the heavenly bodies to animals, vegetables, and minerals, young Roget began his quest to put everything in its place, one word at a time. Roget lived a colorful life, full of unexpected twists and discoveries: he narrowly avoided jail in Napoleon's France, invented the slide rule, and of course, brought life to the book that would become synonymous with synonyms.--From publisher description.".
- 2007029264 contributor B10783893.
- 2007029264 coverage "Great Britain Biography.".
- 2007029264 created "c2008.".
- 2007029264 date "2008".
- 2007029264 date "c2008.".
- 2007029264 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2007029264 description "Peter Mark Roget--polymath, eccentric, synonym aficionado--was a complicated man. He was a scholar obsessed with his work, yet he had an allure that endeared him to his contemporaries--not to mention a host of female admirers. But most notably, he made lists. Roget longed for order in his chaotic world. His father's premature death and the mental illness of his mother and sister threatened to plunge him into his own madness. And so, at the age of eight, he started making lists. From the heavenly bodies to animals, vegetables, and minerals, young Roget began his quest to put everything in its place, one word at a time. Roget lived a colorful life, full of unexpected twists and discoveries: he narrowly avoided jail in Napoleon's France, invented the slide rule, and of course, brought life to the book that would become synonymous with synonyms.--From publisher description.".
- 2007029264 extent "297 p. :".
- 2007029264 identifier "0399154620".
- 2007029264 identifier "9780399154621".
- 2007029264 identifier 2007029264-b.html.
- 2007029264 identifier 2007029264-d.html.
- 2007029264 identifier 2007029264.html.
- 2007029264 issued "2008".
- 2007029264 issued "c2008.".
- 2007029264 language "eng".
- 2007029264 publisher "New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons,".
- 2007029264 spatial "Great Britain Biography.".
- 2007029264 spatial "Great Britain".
- 2007029264 subject "413.092 B 22".
- 2007029264 subject "CT788.R534 K46 2008".
- 2007029264 subject "English language Synonyms and antonyms Lexicography.".
- 2007029264 subject "Lexicographers Great Britain Biography.".
- 2007029264 subject "Philologists Great Britain Biography.".
- 2007029264 subject "Physicians Great Britain Biography.".
- 2007029264 subject "Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869. Thesaurus of English words and phrases.".
- 2007029264 subject "Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869.".
- 2007029264 title "The man who made lists : love, death, madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus / Joshua Kendall.".
- 2007029264 type "text".