The Professor and the Madman Condition:Very Good and also R

and also R

displaying dazzling courage in the process

includes a chapter on Pei's work since 1990

1965 (first edition of this translation)

and true love

The Professor and the Madman Condition:Very Good and also RThe 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