{"product_id":"the-last-man-who-knew-everything-thomas-young-9781805110187","title":"The Last Man who Knew Everything: Thomas Young","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661194858770,"sku":"9781805110187","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3738f7bd-c8a8-4dbb-90d3-69b8daf920d5.jpg?v=1733487092","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-man-who-knew-everything-thomas-young-9781805110187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}