The Last Man Who Knew Everything Andrew Robinson

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Zusammenfassung

This is the extraordinary story of the polymath Thomas Young, who cared less about what others thought of him than for the unbridled pursuit of knowledge.

The Last Man Who Knew Everything Zusammenfassung

The Last Man Who Knew Everything Andrew Robinson

This is the extraordinary story of the polymath
Thomas Young, who cared less about what others
thought of him than for the unbridled pursuit of
knowledge.

The Last Man Who Knew Everything Bewertungen

"This is a fascinating book" * BBC History Magazine *
"Robinson's brisk and engaging biography succeeds in rescuing Young from the "dilettante" charge. His thumbnail sketches of the scientific debates that his hero altered - whether on nautical astronomy, theories of light or the Rosetta Stone - have a clarity and focus Young himself would cheer." * The Independent *

Über Andrew Robinson

Andrew Robinson is a King's Scholar of Eton College and holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He is the author of more than fifteen books, including The Story of Measurement (2007), and four biographies: Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity; The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris; Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye; and Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man (written with Krishna Dutta). From 1994-2006, he was literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement. He is now a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and a full-time writer.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

introduction 1
1.Child Prodigy 15
2. Fellow of the Royal Society 33
3. Itinerant medical Student 41
4. 'Phenomenon' Young 55
5 Physician of Vision 67
6. Royal Institution Lecturer 85
7. Let There Be Light Waves 95
8. 'Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts' 113
9. Dr Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.C.P 131
10. Reading the Rosetta Stone 143
11. Waves of enlightenment 165
12. Walking Encyclopedia 179
13. In the Public Interest 189
14. Grand Tour 201
15. Dueling with Champollion 209
16. A Universal Man 223

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR001680330

ISBN 13

9781851685523

ISBN 10

1851685529

Titel

The Last Man Who Knew Everything Andrew Robinson

Autor

Andrew Robinson

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Broschiert

Verlag

Oneworld Publications

Datum

2007-10-01

Anzahl der Seiten

304

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