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The Last Man Who Knew Everything

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

by Andrew Robinson (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $3.29
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Published: 01 Oct 2007
ISBN 10: 1851685529
ISBN 13: 9781851685523
Book Overview: A fascinating account of the man and his ideas by one of Britain's major science writers

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
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.