The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Surprising Feats

The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Surprising Feats image
ISBN-10:

0452288053

ISBN-13:

9780452288058

Author(s): Robinson, Andrew
Edition: Reprint
Released: Dec 26, 2006
Publisher: Plume
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 304 pages
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Description:

A portrait of scientist Thomas Young relates the life of the remarkable man who made major contributions in such fields as physics, languages, and music, describing how he proposed the light-wave theory and the three-color theory of vision, and was instrumental in the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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