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Ask HN: Are there people who are masters of two distinct fields?
I don't mean just competent but real mastery. Also fields with little or no overlap. Not, say, math and physics.
- robdoherty2 15y agoDaVinci? I suppose you mean modern examples though.
- nahumfarchi 15y agoYeah exactly what I had in mind. Sort of a modern day DaVinci.
- bartonfink 15y agoThere's a fellow named John Polkinghorne who is a well known theoretical physicist who is also an active theologian. I'm not sure how easily you could declare someone a "master" of theology, but he's certainly enough of a recognized authority (I read several of his papers in an upper level philosophy of religion course in college) that I'd say he fits what you're looking for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkinghorne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkinghorne