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pol·y·his·tor (p

-h

A person with broad knowledge.

[Latin Polyhistr, from Greek poluistr, very learned : polu-, poly- + histr, learned; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

poly·his·toric (-h

-stôr

k, -st

-) adj.

polyhistor

a person of exceptionally wide knowledge; polymath. — polyhistoric, adj.

See also: Knowledge

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knowledge			Today's students, brought up on the triumphalist story of modern--that is, correct and sanctioned--science may gain a richer understanding of what "science" has actually been by considering the heroic (if, as now apparent, misdirected) efforts of polyhistors like Athanasius Kircher and Johannes Alsted, who were hardly less prominent in the early modern Republic of Letters than those scorners of history and erudition, Galileo and Descartes. Anthony Grafton. Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation by Kelley, Donald R. / Renaissance Quarterly			polygonum Polygonum aubertii Polygonum fagopyrum Polygonum orientale Polygony Polygordius Polygram polygraph Polygraphic polygraphy Polygrooved Polygyn Polygynia Polygynian Polygynist polygynous polygyny Polyhalite polyhedral polyhedral angle polyhedron polyhedrosis Polyhedrous polyhidrosis polyhistor polyhistors polyhydric polyhydroxy Polyhymnia polyimide Polyiodide polyisoprene polylemma polylingual Polylogy Polyloquent Polymastigina polymastigote polymastism polymath Polymathic Polymathist polymathy Polymeniscous polymer polymerase polymerase chain reaction polymeric polymeric amide polymerisation polymerise			polyhedric polyhedric polyhedric projection polyhedrin matrix protein polyhedrin matrix protein polyhedrin matrix protein Polyhedrin Promoter Binding Protein polyhedron polyhedron polyhedron Polyhedron, Regular Polyhedron, Regular Polyhedron, Semiregular polyhedrons polyhedrons polyhedroses polyhedroses polyhedrosis polyhedrosis Polyhedrosis of the Silkworm Polyhedrous polyhelix magnet Polyhex Polyhexamethylene Adipamide Polyhexamethylene Biguanide polyhidrosis polyhidrosis polyhidrosis polyhistor polyhistoric polyhistors polyhybrid polyhybrid cross Polyhydramnion Polyhydramnion polyhydramnios polyhydramnios polyhydramnios Polyhydramnios and Oligohydramnios polyhydric polyhydric Polyhydric alcohol Polyhydric alcohol Polyhydric Alcohol Phosphate Ester Polyhydric alcohols Polyhydric alcohols polyhydric phenol polyhydroxy Polyhydroxyaldehyde Polyhydroxyaldehyde Polyhydroxyaldehyde Polyhydroxyaldehydes Polyhydroxyaldehydes Polyhydroxyaldehydes Polyhydroxyalkanoate Polyhydroxyaminoether polyhydroxydine Polyhydroxyketone Polyhydroxyketone Polyhydroxyketone Polyhydroxyvalerate

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