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.
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Oxford : Oneworld, 2006.
Collation:
x, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.
ISBN:
9781851684946 (hbk)
Dewey class:
509.2A509.2YOU509.2YOU
Local class:
509.2 YOU
Language:
English
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BRN:
302883