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

By:

Robinson, Andrew

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2006 Oneworld Publications OxfordDescription: x, 288 pISBN:

9781851685523

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DDC classification:

509.2 R6L2

Summary: Thomas Young, the legendary 18th century polymath, truly was a unique individual. With his vast contribution to man?s intellectual progress ranging from deciphering the Rosetta stone to proposing the three colour-theory of vision, few areas of science have remained untouched by his genius. Overlooked at the time due to intellectual snobbery and an unfair prejudice against polymathy, celebrated biographer Andrew Robinson portrays a scientist who quietly solved mystery after mystery in the face of ridicule and rejection, and is now considered to have been hundreds of years ahead of his time. (http://www.oneworld-publications.com/cgi-bin/cart/commerce.cgi?pid=174&log_pid=yes)

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Thomas Young, the legendary 18th century polymath, truly was a unique individual. With his vast contribution to man?s intellectual progress ranging from deciphering the Rosetta stone to proposing the three colour-theory of vision, few areas of science have remained untouched by his genius. Overlooked at the time due to intellectual snobbery and an unfair prejudice against polymathy, celebrated biographer Andrew Robinson portrays a scientist who quietly solved mystery after mystery in the face of ridicule and rejection, and is now considered to have been hundreds of years ahead of his time. (http://www.oneworld-publications.com/cgi-bin/cart/commerce.cgi?pid=174&log_pid=yes)

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