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W. Andrew Robinson (born 1957) is a British author〔(Andrew Robinson (1) ), LibraryThing.〕〔(Books by Andrew Robinson ), Alibris.〕 and former newspaper editor.〔Mark Twaite, (Interview with Andrew Robinson ), ''The Book Depository, 2009.''〕 Andrew Robinson was educated at the Dragon School, Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, University College, Oxford where he read Chemistry and finally the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is the son of Neville Robinson, an Oxford physicist, and Daphne Robinson. Robinson first visited India in 1975, and has been involved with the country's culture ever since. He has authored many books and articles, the most recent being ''India: A Short History'' (Thames & Hudson, 2014). Until 2006, he was the Literary Editor of the ''Times Higher Education Supplement''. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge.〔Anna Jones, (Cambridge Festival of Ideas podcast ), ''(News )'', Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK, 23 October 2009.〕 He is based in London and is now a full-time writer. ==Selected books== * ''The Coasts of India'' with Ashvin Mehta. Thames and Hudson (1987). ISBN 0-500-24130-9. * ''Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India'' with Sumio Uchiyama. Thames and Hudson (1988). ISBN 0-500-54136-1.〔Andrew Robinson, (Mughal dance of the seven veils that wasn't and other tales unravelled from a rich and royal material past ). ''Times Higher Education Supplement'', 26 November 1999.〕〔Juliet Gardiner, (Maharaja: The Spectacular Heritage of Princely India ). ''History Today'', 1 October 2009.〕 * ''Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye''. André Deutsch (1989). ISBN 0-233-98473-9.〔Salman Rushdie, (Homage to Satyajit Ray ). ''London Review of Books'', 12(5):9, 8 March 1990.〕 * ''The Art of Rabindranath Tagore''. André Deutsch (1989). ISBN 0-233-98359-7.〔Andrew Robinson, (Foreign fields with inspiring corners ). ''Times Higher Education Supplement'', 5 October 2001.〕 * ''The Shape of the World'' with Simon Berthon. George Philip (1991). ISBN 0-540-01229-7. * ''Earth Shock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes & Other Forces of Nature''. Thames and Hudson (1993). ISBN 0-500-01579-1.〔Andrew Robinson, (No crystal ball for natural disasters ). ''Nature'', 463:160, 14 January 2010. .〕〔(All shook up ). ''Physics World'', 2 January 2007.〕 * ''Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-minded Man'' with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1995). ISBN 0-312-14030-4. Also: Bloomsbury (1997). ISBN 0-7475-3086-6.〔C. A. Bayly, (Under Western eyes ). ''Times Literary Supplement'', 1997.〕 * ''Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology'' with Krishna Dutta. St. Martin's Press (1997). ISBN 0-312-16973-6. Also: Griffin (1998). ISBN 0-312-20079-X. * ''Selected Letters of Rabindranath Tagore'' with Krishna Dutta. Cambridge University Press (1997). ISBN 0-521-59018-3. * ''The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms''. Thames and Hudson (2000). ISBN 0-500-28156-4.〔Andrew Robinson, (Andrew Robinson on the story of writing ). ''The Times'', 29 September 2007.〕 * ''The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris''. Thames and Hudson (2002). ISBN 0-500-51077-6.〔Torsten Meissen, (Some mysteries undeciphered ). ''Times Literary Supplement'', 2002.〕〔Jane Jakeman, (Man Who Deciphered Linear B, by Andrew Robinson — The decoding of a fascinating human story ), ''The Independent'', 24 April 2002.〕〔Andrew Robinson, (Silent letters from the past ). ''Times Higher Education Supplement'', 24 May 2002.〕 * ''Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Great Undeciphered Scripts''. McGraw-Hill (2002). ISBN 0-07-135743-2.〔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.〕 * ''Satyajit Ray, The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker''. I.B. Tauris (2003). ISBN 1-86064-965-3. * ''Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema'' with Nemai Ghosh. I.B. Tauris (2005). ISBN 1-84511-074-9.〔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.〕 * ''Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity''. Palazzo Editions (2005). ISBN 0-9545103-4-8.〔Patrick Moore, (Review of ''Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity'' ), ''The Sky at Night'', BBC.〕〔Andrew Robinson, (Einstein on and off the soapbox ). ''New Scientist'', issue 2599, 14 April 2007.〕 * ''The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius''. Pi Press (2006). ISBN 0-13-134304-1.〔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.〕〔David Weatherall, (Thomas Young: a medical polymath ). ''The Lancet'', 369(9560):455–456, 10 February 2007. .〕 * ''The Story of Measurement''. Thames and Hudson (2007). ISBN 978-0-500-51367-5.〔Stuart Hannabuss, (The Story of Measurement — Review ), ''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.〕 * ''Writing and Script''. Oxford University Press (2009). ISBN 978-0-19-956778-2.〔〔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.〕 * ''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 and Hudson (2012). ISBN 978-0199914999. Oxford University Press (2012). ISBN 978-0500051719. * ''The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery'' (editor). Thames & Hudson (2012). ISBN 978-0-500-25191-1. * ''India: A Short History''. Thames & Hudson (2014). ISBN 978-0-500-25199-7. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W. Andrew Robinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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