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W. Andrew Robinson

April 12, 2024

William Andrew Coulthard Robinson (born 14 March 1957) is a British author and former newspaper editor.[1][2][3]

Andrew Robinson
Robinson speaking at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 2014
BornWilliam Andrew Coulthard Robinson
(1957-03-14) 14 March 1957 (age 67)
England
OccupationWriter
Education
Notable worksSatyajit Ray: The Inner Eye (1989), The Art of Rabindranath Tagore (1989), The Man Who Deciphered Linear B (2002), The Last Man Who Knew Everything (2006), The Story of Measurement (2007), Writing and Script (2009)
ParentsNeville Robinson
Daphne Coulthard
RelativesVicky Bowman (sister)
Website
www.andrew-robinson.org

Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford, where he read chemistry, and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist, and Daphne Robinson.

Robinson first visited India in 1975, and has been involved with the country's culture ever since. He has authored many books and articles, the most recent being India: A Short History (Thames & Hudson, 2014). Until 2006, he was the literary editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. He has also been a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge.[4] He is based in London and is now a full-time writer.

Bibliography edit

Books edit

Robinson has authored and edited the following books:[2][3]

  • Mehta, Ashvin & Andrew Robinson (1987). The Coasts of India. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0500241301.
  • Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India with Sumio Uchiyama. Thames & Hudson (1988). ISBN 0-500-54136-1.[5][6]
  • Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye. André Deutsch (1989). ISBN 0-233-98473-9.[7]
  • The Art of Rabindranath Tagore. André Deutsch (1989). ISBN 0-233-98359-7.[8]
  • The Shape of the World with Simon Berthon. George Philip (1991). ISBN 0-540-01229-7.
  • Earth Shock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes & Other Forces of Nature. Thames & Hudson (1993). ISBN 0-500-01579-1.[9][10]
  • Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-minded Man with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1995). ISBN 0-312-14030-4. Also: Bloomsbury (1997). ISBN 0-7475-3086-6.[11]
  • Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1997). ISBN 0-312-16973-6. Also: Griffin (1998). ISBN 0-312-20079-X.
  • Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore with Krishna Dutta. Cambridge University Press (1997). ISBN 0-521-59018-3.
  • The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms. (1995); Thames & Hudson (2000). ISBN 0-500-28156-4.[12]
  • The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris. Thames & Hudson (2002). ISBN 0-500-51077-6.[13][14][15]
  • Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts. McGraw-Hill (2002). ISBN 0-07-135743-2.[16][17]
  • Satyajit Ray, The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker. I.B. Tauris (2003). ISBN 1-86064-965-3.
  • Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema with Nemai Ghosh. I.B. Tauris (2005). ISBN 1-84511-074-9.[18]
  • Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity. Palazzo Editions (2005). ISBN 0-9545103-4-8.[19][20]
  • The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius. Pi Press (2006). ISBN 0-13-134304-1.[21][22][23]
  • The Story of Measurement. Thames & Hudson (2007). ISBN 978-0-500-51367-5.[24][25][26]
  • Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2009). ISBN 978-0-19-956778-2.[1][27][28]
  • Genius: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2011).[29] ISBN 978-0-19-959440-5.
  • Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion. Thames & Hudson (2012). ISBN 978-0199914999. Oxford University Press (2012). ISBN 978-0500051719.[30]
  • The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery (editor). Thames & Hudson (2012). ISBN 978-0-500-25191-1.
  • India: A Short History. Thames & Hudson (2014). ISBN 978-0-500-25199-7.
  • The Indus: Lost Civilizations. Reaktion Books (2015). ISBN 978-1-780-23502-8.
  • Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilization. Thames & Hudson (2016). ISBN 978-0500518595.
  • Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist. Yale University Press (2019). ISBN 978-0300234763.

Book reviews edit

Year Review article Work(s) reviewed
2017 Robinson, Andrew (September 2017). "The Ancients had stars in their eyes". Reviews. History Today. 67 (9): 97. Jones, Alexander. A portable cosmos : revealing the Anyikythera Mechanism, scientific wonder of the ancient world. Oxford: Oxford UP.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mark Twaite, Interview with Andrew Robinson, The Book Depository, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Andrew Robinson (1)". LibraryThing. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Books by Andrew Robinson". Alibris. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ^ Anna Jones, Cambridge Festival of Ideas podcast, News, Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK, 23 October 2009.
  5. ^ Andrew Robinson, Mughal dance of the seven veils that wasn't and other tales unravelled from a rich and royal material past. Times Higher Education Supplement, 26 November 1999.
  6. ^ Juliet Gardiner, . History Today, 1 October 2009.
  7. ^ Salman Rushdie, Homage to Satyajit Ray. London Review of Books, 12(5):9, 8 March 1990.
  8. ^ Andrew Robinson, Foreign fields with inspiring corners. Times Higher Education Supplement, 5 October 2001.
  9. ^ Andrew Robinson, No crystal ball for natural disasters. Nature, 463:160, 14 January 2010. doi:10.1038/463160a.
  10. ^ All shook up. Physics World, 2 January 2007.
  11. ^ C. A. Bayly, Under Western eyes. Times Literary Supplement, 1997.
  12. ^ Andrew Robinson, Andrew Robinson on the story of writing. The Times, 29 September 2007.
  13. ^ Torsten Meissen, Some mysteries undeciphered. Times Literary Supplement, 2002.
  14. ^ Jane Jakeman, Man Who Deciphered Linear B, by Andrew Robinson — The decoding of a fascinating human story[dead link], The Independent, 24 April 2002.
  15. ^ Andrew Robinson, Silent letters from the past. Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 May 2002.
  16. ^ James McConnachie, Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson. The Sunday Times, 8 March 2009.
  17. ^ Andrew Robinson, Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read. New Scientist, 27 May 2009.
  18. ^ Andrew Robinson, Ray of light still shines in the dark — The author Andrew Robinson recalls his meetings with the film director Satyajit Ray, one of the giants of world cinema. The Times, 18 August 2005.
  19. ^ Patrick Moore, Review of Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Sky at Night, BBC.
  20. ^ Andrew Robinson, Einstein on and off the soapbox. New Scientist, issue 2599, 14 April 2007.
  21. ^ P. D. Smith, Reluctant polymath, book review, The Guardian, 20 January 2007.
  22. ^ Michael Sims, Book Review: Scientist Young, international man of mystery, Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2007.
  23. ^ David Weatherall, Thomas Young: a medical polymath. The Lancet, 369(9560):455–456, 10 February 2007. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60216-5.
  24. ^ Stuart Hannabuss, The Story of Measurement — Review, Library Review, 57(7):557–558, 2008. Emerald Group Publishing.
  25. ^ Jens Vigen, Summer bookshelf — The story of measurement. CERN Courier, 8 July 2008.
  26. ^ Eileen Magnello, Plus or Minus. Times Literary Supplement, 13 June 2008.
  27. ^ Steven Poole, Writing and Script by Andrew Robinson. The Guardian, 19 September 2009.
  28. ^ Greg Neale, "Book reviews: Writing and Script". Oxford Today, 22(2):37, 2010.
  29. ^ Smith, P. D. (11 March 2011). "Review of Genius: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Robinson". The Guardian.
  30. ^ Morton, Brian (12 May 2012). "Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

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William Andrew Coulthard Robinson born 14 March 1957 is a British author and former newspaper editor 1 2 3 Andrew RobinsonRobinson speaking at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford in 2014BornWilliam Andrew Coulthard Robinson 1957 03 14 14 March 1957 age 67 EnglandOccupationWriterEducationDragon SchoolEton CollegeUniversity College OxfordSchool of Oriental and African StudiesNotable worksSatyajit Ray The Inner Eye 1989 The Art of Rabindranath Tagore 1989 The Man Who Deciphered Linear B 2002 The Last Man Who Knew Everything 2006 The Story of Measurement 2007 Writing and Script 2009 ParentsNeville RobinsonDaphne CoulthardRelativesVicky Bowman sister Websitewww wbr andrew robinson wbr orgAndrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School Eton College where he was a King s Scholar University College Oxford where he read chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London He is the son of Neville Robinson an Oxford physicist and Daphne Robinson Robinson first visited India in 1975 and has been involved with the country s culture ever since He has authored many books and articles the most recent being India A Short History Thames amp Hudson 2014 Until 2006 he was the literary editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement He has also been a visiting fellow at Wolfson College Cambridge 4 He is based in London and is now a full time writer Contents 1 Bibliography 1 1 Books 1 2 Book reviews 2 References 3 External linksBibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2019 Books edit Robinson has authored and edited the following books 2 3 Mehta Ashvin amp Andrew Robinson 1987 The Coasts of India London Thames amp Hudson ISBN 978 0500241301 Maharaja The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India with Sumio Uchiyama Thames amp Hudson 1988 ISBN 0 500 54136 1 5 6 Satyajit Ray The Inner Eye Andre Deutsch 1989 ISBN 0 233 98473 9 7 The Art of Rabindranath Tagore Andre Deutsch 1989 ISBN 0 233 98359 7 8 The Shape of the World with Simon Berthon George Philip 1991 ISBN 0 540 01229 7 Earth Shock Hurricanes Volcanoes Earthquakes Tornadoes amp Other Forces of Nature Thames amp Hudson 1993 ISBN 0 500 01579 1 9 10 Rabindranath Tagore The Myriad minded Man with Krishna Dutta St Martin s Press 1995 ISBN 0 312 14030 4 Also Bloomsbury 1997 ISBN 0 7475 3086 6 11 Rabindranath Tagore An Anthology with Krishna Dutta St Martin s Press 1997 ISBN 0 312 16973 6 Also Griffin 1998 ISBN 0 312 20079 X Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore with Krishna Dutta Cambridge University Press 1997 ISBN 0 521 59018 3 The Story of Writing Alphabets Hieroglyphs and Pictograms 1995 Thames amp Hudson 2000 ISBN 0 500 28156 4 12 The Man Who Deciphered Linear B The Story of Michael Ventris Thames amp Hudson 2002 ISBN 0 500 51077 6 13 14 15 Lost Languages The Enigma of the World s Great Undeciphered Scripts McGraw Hill 2002 ISBN 0 07 135743 2 16 17 Satyajit Ray The Inner Eye The Biography of a Master Film Maker I B Tauris 2003 ISBN 1 86064 965 3 Satyajit Ray A Vision of Cinema with Nemai Ghosh I B Tauris 2005 ISBN 1 84511 074 9 18 Einstein A Hundred Years of Relativity Palazzo Editions 2005 ISBN 0 9545103 4 8 19 20 The Last Man Who Knew Everything Thomas Young The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong Explained How We See Cured the Sick and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone Among Other Feats of Genius Pi Press 2006 ISBN 0 13 134304 1 21 22 23 The Story of Measurement Thames amp Hudson 2007 ISBN 978 0 500 51367 5 24 25 26 Writing and Script A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press 2009 ISBN 978 0 19 956778 2 1 27 28 Genius A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press 2011 29 ISBN 978 0 19 959440 5 Cracking the Egyptian Code The Revolutionary Life of Jean Francois Champollion Thames amp Hudson 2012 ISBN 978 0199914999 Oxford University Press 2012 ISBN 978 0500051719 30 The Scientists An Epic of Discovery editor Thames amp Hudson 2012 ISBN 978 0 500 25191 1 India A Short History Thames amp Hudson 2014 ISBN 978 0 500 25199 7 The Indus Lost Civilizations Reaktion Books 2015 ISBN 978 1 780 23502 8 Earth Shattering Events Earthquakes Nations and Civilization Thames amp Hudson 2016 ISBN 978 0500518595 Einstein on the Run How Britain Saved the World s Greatest Scientist Yale University Press 2019 ISBN 978 0300234763 Book reviews edit Year Review article Work s reviewed2017 Robinson Andrew September 2017 The Ancients had stars in their eyes Reviews History Today 67 9 97 Jones Alexander A portable cosmos revealing the Anyikythera Mechanism scientific wonder of the ancient world Oxford Oxford UP References edit a b Mark Twaite Interview with Andrew Robinson The Book Depository 2009 a b Andrew Robinson 1 LibraryThing Retrieved 27 July 2020 a b Books by Andrew Robinson Alibris Retrieved 27 July 2020 Anna Jones Cambridge Festival of Ideas podcast News Wolfson College Cambridge UK 23 October 2009 Andrew Robinson Mughal dance of the seven veils that wasn t and other tales unravelled from a rich and royal material past Times Higher Education Supplement 26 November 1999 Juliet Gardiner Maharaja The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India History Today 1 October 2009 Salman Rushdie Homage to Satyajit Ray London Review of Books 12 5 9 8 March 1990 Andrew Robinson Foreign fields with inspiring corners Times Higher Education Supplement 5 October 2001 Andrew Robinson No crystal ball for natural disasters Nature 463 160 14 January 2010 doi 10 1038 463160a All shook up Physics World 2 January 2007 C A Bayly Under Western eyes Times Literary Supplement 1997 Andrew Robinson Andrew Robinson on the story of writing The Times 29 September 2007 Torsten Meissen Some mysteries undeciphered Times Literary Supplement 2002 Jane Jakeman Man Who Deciphered Linear B by Andrew Robinson The decoding of a fascinating human story dead link The Independent 24 April 2002 Andrew Robinson Silent letters from the past Times Higher Education Supplement 24 May 2002 James McConnachie Lost Languages The Enigma of the World s Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson The Sunday Times 8 March 2009 Andrew Robinson Decoding antiquity Eight scripts that still can t be read New Scientist 27 May 2009 Andrew Robinson Ray of light still shines in the dark The author Andrew Robinson recalls his meetings with the film director Satyajit Ray one of the giants of world cinema The Times 18 August 2005 Patrick Moore Review of Einstein A Hundred Years of Relativity Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Sky at Night BBC Andrew Robinson Einstein on and off the soapbox New Scientist issue 2599 14 April 2007 P D Smith Reluctant polymath book review The Guardian 20 January 2007 Michael Sims Book Review Scientist Young international man of mystery Los Angeles Times 7 February 2007 David Weatherall Thomas Young a medical polymath The Lancet 369 9560 455 456 10 February 2007 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 07 60216 5 Stuart Hannabuss The Story of Measurement Review Library Review 57 7 557 558 2008 Emerald Group Publishing Jens Vigen Summer bookshelf The story of measurement CERN Courier 8 July 2008 Eileen Magnello Plus or Minus Times Literary Supplement 13 June 2008 Steven Poole Writing and Script by Andrew Robinson The Guardian 19 September 2009 Greg Neale Book reviews Writing and Script Oxford Today 22 2 37 2010 Smith P D 11 March 2011 Review of Genius A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Robinson The Guardian Morton Brian 12 May 2012 Cracking The Egyptian Code The Revolutionary Life Of Jean Francois Champollion By Andrew Robinson The Independent Retrieved 6 June 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to W Andrew Robinson Andrew Robinson Official website Selected Books by Andrew Robinson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title W Andrew Robinson amp oldid 1216634886, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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