Milman Parry: The Man Who Killed Homer

Published: June 9, 2021, 10 a.m.

b'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syMUPUvTOUY&t=95s\\nGuest: Robert Kanigel is Professor Emeritus of Science Writing at MIT and the author of several books for which he has received\\xa0many awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship and an NEH \\u201cPublic Scholar\\u201d grant.\\xa0 His book The Man Who Knew Infinity\\xa0was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the\\xa0Los Angeles Times Book Prize; it has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and was the basis for the film of the same name starring Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel. Professor\\u2019s Kanigel latest book is Hearing Homer\\u2019s Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry.\\n\\xa0\\nThe post Milman Parry: The Man Who Killed Homer appeared first on KPFA.'