The Professor and the Madman Condition:Very Good includes memorable highlights such as

includes memorable highlights such as winning the Wimbledon 2008 final in what John McEnroe called

pangrams and river-crossing conundrums

1965 (first edition of this translation)

Yet in Africa

The Professor and the Madman Condition:Very Good includes memorable highlights such asThe Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that