The Last Man Who Knew Everything (English, Paperback, Robinson Andrew)

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Robinson Andrew

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Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781851685523, 9781851685523
Pages: 304

Description

This is the extraordinary story of the polymath Thomas Young, who cared less about what others thought of him than for the unbridled pursuit of knowledge.

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Height	198 mm
Length	129 mm

Book Details

Title	The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Imprint	Oneworld Publications
Product Form	Paperback
Publisher	Oneworld Publications
Genre	Biography & Autobiography
Source Type	T
ISBN13	9781851685523
Book Category	Biographies, Memoirs and General Non-Fiction Books
BISAC Subject Heading	BIO015000
Book Subcategory	Biographies and Autobiographies
ISBN10	9781851685523
Language	English

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Author Info

Andrew Robinson is a KingÃ¢ÂÂs Scholar of Eton College and holds degrees from Oxford University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He is the author of more than fifteen books, including The Story of Measurement (2007), and four biographies: Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity; The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris; Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye; and Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man (written with Krishna Dutta). From 1994-2006, he was literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement. He is now a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and a full-time writer.

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