The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Subtitle: 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
Publisher: Pi Press
Published: December 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780131343047
Subjects: Biography: general; PHYSICS; Scientists - General; Historical - British; Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Scientists; Biography/Autobiography; Physicians; History; Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Science / General; Biography; Great Britain; Linguists
First sentence: Open any book on the science of light and vision, and you cannot miss the name of Thomas Young.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Child Prodigy
pagenum: 15; label: 2
title: Fellow of the Royal Society
pagenum: 33; label: 3
title: Itinerant Medical Student
pagenum: 41; label: 4
title: 'Phenomenon' Young
pagenum: 55; label: 5
title: Physician of Vision
pagenum: 67; label: 6
title: Royal Institution Lecturer
pagenum: 85; label: 7
title: Let There Be Light Waves
pagenum: 95; label: 8
title: 'Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts'
pagenum: 113; label: 9
title: Dr Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.C.P
pagenum: 131; label: 10
title: Reading the Rosetta Stone
pagenum: 143; label: 11
title: Waves of Enlightenment
pagenum: 165; label: 12
title: Walking Encyclopedia
pagenum: 179; label: 13
title: In the Public Interest
pagenum: 189; label: 14
title: Grand Tour
pagenum: 201; label: 15
title: Dueling with Champollion
pagenum: 209; label: 16
title: A Universal Man
pagenum: 223; title: Notes and References
pagenum: 241; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 265; title: Index
pagenum: 273