Day 1,365: polymath
In 1665, during a period of rapid scientific progress, Robert Hooke, an English polymath, described the advent of new scientific instruments such as the microscope and telescope as “the adding of artificial organs to the natural”.
Artwork of the day
Biblical subject
Marc ChagallOriginal Title:Sujet bibliqueDate:1956; FranceStyle:Naïve Art (Primitivism)Genre:religious paintingMedia:lithography, paperDimensions:25.5 x 33 cm
Word of the day
polymath: a person who knows a lot about many different subjects
Quote of the day
“To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the act of all good writing.”
― William Gibson