Simon Winhester (2013)
Simon Winchester
(sundinud
28. septembril
1944
Londonis
) on
Briti
literaat ja
ajakirjanik
,
Dalhousie Ulikooli
audoktor
.
Ta lopetas 1966. aastal
Oxfordi Ulikooli
geoloogia
alal. Parast ulikooli lopetamist tootas
Ugandas
Kanada kaevanduskompaniis geoloogina vasemaagi kaevandamisel. 1969. aastal sai ajalehe
The Guardian
korrespondendiks. Kais ajakirjanikuna maailma eri paigus. 1982. aastal asus toole ajalehte
The Sunday Times
. Teinud kaastood reisiajakirjadele
Conde Nast Traveler
,
Smithsonian Magazine
ja
National Geographic
. Alates 1974. aastast publitseerinud ule 20 raamatu ajaloo-, reisi- ja elulookirjanduse valdkonnas
[1]
.
Winchester sai 2011. aastal
USA
kodakondsuse
. Elab
Berkshire'i maakonnas
Massachusettsis
.
Simon Winchester (2013)
- 1991 ?
Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture
- 1996 ?
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
- 2001 ?
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
(geoloog
William Smithist
)
- 2003 ?
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
- 2003 ?
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
- 2005 ?
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
- 2008 ?
The Man Who Loved China
- 2010 ?
Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
- 2013 ?
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
- 2015 ?
When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
- 2015 ?
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
- 2018 ?
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
(ilmunud ka pealkirja all
Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
)
