No one has given the polymath Thomas Young (1773-1829) the all-round examination he so richly deserves-until now. Celebrated biographer Andrew Robinson portrays a man who solved mystery after mystery in the face of ridicule and rejection, and never sought fame. As a physicist, Young challenged the theories of Isaac Newton and proved that light is a wave. As a physician, he showed how the eye focuses and proposed the three-colour theory of vision, only confirmed a century and a half later. As an Egyptologist, he made crucial contributions to deciphering the Rosetta Stone. It is hard to grasp how much Young knew. This biography is the fascinating story of a driven yet modest hero who cared less about what others thought of him than for the joys of an unbridled pursuit of knowledge-with a new foreword by Martin Rees and a new postscript discussing polymathy in the two centuries since the time of Young. It returns this neglected genius to his proper position in the pantheon of great scientific thinkers.
| Autorius: | Andrew Robinson |
| Leidėjas: | Open Book Publishers |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2023 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 298 |
| ISBN-10: | 1805110187 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781805110187 |
| Formatas: | 234 x 156 x 20 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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