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Douglas Pitt is a man obsessed. His quest is to prove that the 18th-century inventor Samuel Highgate Syme discovered the theory of continental drift. Laughed at and dismissed at every turn, Pitt's luck changes when he discovers a contemporary manuscript written by a scientist, Friedrich Muller, which recounts a year in the company of the irrepressible Syme. Perhaps this will finally reveal his genius...
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The Syme Papers, Benjamin Markovits
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- 2005
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- Title
- The Syme Papers
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Benjamin Markovits
- Publisher
- Faber
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN10
- 0571217915
- ISBN13
- 9780571217915
- Series
- Original title
- The Syme papers
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
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- Douglas Pitt is a man obsessed. His quest is to prove that the 18th-century inventor Samuel Highgate Syme discovered the theory of continental drift. Laughed at and dismissed at every turn, Pitt's luck changes when he discovers a contemporary manuscript written by a scientist, Friedrich Muller, which recounts a year in the company of the irrepressible Syme. Perhaps this will finally reveal his genius...