The Last Man Who Knew Everything
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything
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The Last Man Who Knew Everything (2006), written by Andrew Robinson, is a biography of the British polymath Thomas Young (1773–1829). This biography is subtitled 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, which gives a very brief idea of Young's polymathic career. It is divided into an introduction followed by 16 chapters describing Young's life and work in approximate chronolo
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Book by W. Andrew Robinson
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2018-02-14T20:44:20Z
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2024-09-12T15:07:49Z
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