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Strip malls and data centers Vakoch's favorite early proponent of interstellar communication is Francis Galton, an English polymath (and, less admirably, the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era).
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Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
In fact, the German naturalist and polymath has been described as the person with more species – from penguins and monkeys to an orchid – and places named after him than any other human.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
That suspect is the reclusive polymath Nick Szabo who ticks all of the same boxes as Back and whose initials are conveniently the inverse of Satoshi Nakamoto.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Potter and artistic polymath Kawai Kanjiro was a key figure in the 20th-century Mingei folk art movement.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
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Leonard David, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
In fact, the German naturalist and polymath has been described as the person with more species – from penguins and monkeys to an orchid – and places named after him than any other human.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
That suspect is the reclusive polymath Nick Szabo who ticks all of the same boxes as Back and whose initials are conveniently the inverse of Satoshi Nakamoto.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Potter and artistic polymath Kawai Kanjiro was a key figure in the 20th-century Mingei folk art movement.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polymath. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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