Jean-Philippe Baratier: Oder Die Vermarktung Eines Wunderkindes

»Jean-Philippe Baratier or the Marketing of a >Wunderkind<«: Who was this >Wunderkind from Schwabach< Jean-Philippe Baratier (1721-1740)? A multi-talented child both promoted and challenged by his father. A master of many languages at young age and, in his juvenile years, a confrontational author in many fields of knowledge. Admitted to the Berlin Academy as its youngest member ever, he contributed remarkably to the »Discovery of the Longitude«, one of the hot topics of his time. But he was also a rebel against paternal authority and religious constraints.