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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

Robinson, Andrew, 1957-2006
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Andrew Robinson tells of the amazing life and findings of Thomas Young (1773-1829), one of Britain's most intelligent men. Young is the experimenter who first demonstrated that light is a wave, not a stream of corpuscles as maintained by Newton.
Main title:
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 / Andrew Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, Andrew, 1957-
Imprint:
Oxford : Oneworld, 2006.
Collation:
x, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.
ISBN:
9781851684946 (hbk)
Dewey class:
509.2920B-YOU
Local class:
BIO YOUN
Language:
English
Subject:
Young, Thomas, 1773-1829Scientists -- Great Britain -- BiographyPhysicians -- Great Britain -- BiographyBiography
BRN:
1989443
Bookmark link:
https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1989443

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