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Famous failures include Roger Moore, the suavest James Bond, and Stephen Fry, Britain’s most famous polymath.
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Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
In actuality, the Eureka machine, as the Quaker polymath called it, was a physical prototype of Swift’s knowledge engine.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Joseph, who designs educational games and co-founded the Games for Change Festival, is a polymath himself.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
One of the world’s first calculators, devised in 1642 by the French polymath Blaise Pascal, was pulled from auction — at least for now.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
In actuality, the Eureka machine, as the Quaker polymath called it, was a physical prototype of Swift’s knowledge engine.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Joseph, who designs educational games and co-founded the Games for Change Festival, is a polymath himself.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
One of the world’s first calculators, devised in 1642 by the French polymath Blaise Pascal, was pulled from auction — at least for now.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polymath. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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