W. Andrew Robinson
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School of Oriental and African Studies | |
| Notable works | Satyajit 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) |
| Parents | Neville Robinson Daphne Coulthard |
| Relatives | Vicky Bowman (sister) |
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William Andrew Coulthard Robinson (born 14 March 1957) is a British author and former newspaper editor.[1][2][3]
Andrew Robinson was educated at the
Oxford physicist
, and Daphne Robinson.
Robinson first visited
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
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Books
Robinson has authored and edited the following books:[2][3]
- Mehta, Ashvin & Andrew Robinson (1987). The Coasts of India. London: ISBN 978-0500241301.
- Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India with Sumio Uchiyama. Thames & Hudson (1988).
- 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. ISBN 0-540-01229-7.
- Earth Shock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes & Other Forces of Nature. Thames & Hudson (1993).
- Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-minded Man with Krishna Dutta. ISBN 0-7475-3086-6.[11]
- Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology with Krishna Dutta. ISBN 0-312-20079-X.
- Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore with Krishna Dutta. 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).
- Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts.
- Satyajit Ray, The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker. ISBN 1-86064-965-3.
- Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema with Nemai Ghosh. ISBN 1-84511-074-9.[18]
- Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity.
- The Story of Measurement. Thames & Hudson (2007).
- Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction.
- Genius: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2011).ISBN 978-0-19-959440-5.
- Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion. Thames & Hudson (2012). ISBN 978-0500051719.[30]
- 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.
- ISBN 978-0300234763.
Book reviews
| Year | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
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| 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
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- Times Higher Education Supplement, 5 October 2001.
- doi:10.1038/463160a.
- ^ All shook up. Physics World, 2 January 2007.
- Times Literary Supplement, 1997.
- ^ Andrew Robinson, Andrew Robinson on the story of writing. The Times, 29 September 2007.
- 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.
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- 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-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
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