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Biographies and autobiographies of notable polymaths, especially modern
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Models of My Life
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The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
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John Von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More
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Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and Work
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I. Asimov: A Memoir
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Autobiography
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Boris Vian - Le sourire créateur (ECRITURE&COMM.)
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Confessions of a Young Novelist
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3.58 avg rating — 1,589 ratings
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Cocteau
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Edison: A Biography
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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West
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A Piece of the Mountain:The Story of Blaise Pascal
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3.91 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography
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3.98 avg rating — 806 ratings
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius
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3.67 avg rating — 241 ratings
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Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography
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3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Leonardo
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