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Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson

Last Man Who Knew Everything

Andrew Robinson

304 pages first pub 2005 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
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Born in 1773, Thomas Young lived in a pivotal time. The explosion of knowledge that was soon to come made it impossible to be a true polymath—a master of multiple disciplines. Young was the last of the polymaths, and his contributions to science a...

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