[leobg]

Asimov was a machine. What did he not write about? Materials, space, science & exploration, physics, the Bible.

They say Goethe was one of the last people in history who was still able to understand everything that was known up to then. It seems to me Asimov was as close to that as possible 200 years later.

Anyone here know a writer of our time who can match that?

[WillAdams]

Yeah, I'm finishing up a compleat collection of J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, and am probably going to collect (and read/re-read) all of Isaac Asimov's non-fiction.

There are at least five books with the (partial) title _The Last Man Who Knew Everything_ about:

- Leibniz https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15770928-the-last-man-wh...

- Athanasius Kircher https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119131.Athanasius_Kirche...

- Thomas Young https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/763029.The_Last_Man_Who_...

- Joseph Leidy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119125.Joseph_Leidy

- Enrico Fermi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34746094-the-last-man-wh...

Maybe instead I'll start with those biographies...

surprised Sir Francis Bacon wasn't described thus....

[pauldelany]

Could be wrong, but think it was Gauss, not Goethe.