The Meaning of Everything

The Meaning of Everything
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 333
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ISBN-10 : 9780198814399
ISBN-13 : 0198814399
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Book Synopsis The Meaning of Everything by : Simon Winchester

Download or read book The Meaning of Everything written by Simon Winchester and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over 70 years. In The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester recounted one fascinating episode; in The Meaning of Everything, he tells the whole story of the host of characters who carried out 'the greatest enterprise of its kind in history'.


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