Thomas Young: Forgotten Genius

Geisteswissenschaften / Archäologie / Thomas Young


Kline, Daniel L.
An Annotated Narrative Biography

Signatur: A009-B100-D001-B001
Buchart: Paperback
Verlag: Vidan Press, Cincinnati, OH (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika)
Veröffentlichung: 1993
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 213
Format:
Größe (HxBXT): 21,2 x 13,2 cm x 1,5 cm
ISBN 10: 0-9635046-0-6
Thomas Young: Forgotten Genius
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Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. A Young Genius is Born; 2. Off to Youngsbury and Hudson Gurney; 3. To London and Medical School; 4. On to Edinburgh; 5. To Germany; 6. Back to England; 7. A Doctor at Last; 8. A Great Idea - Light Moves in Waves; 9. All's Not Well; 10. The Great Idea is Announced; 11. Static from Scotland and the "Young Experiment"; 12. Eliza; 13. The Eyes Have It; 14. A Colorful Theory; 15. A Versatile Man; 16. Appointment to St. George's Hospital; 17. Hudson Marries Mag-at last; 18. A New Puzzle; 19. Young Makes Waves Again; 20. SOme Weighty Matters; 21. The Rosetta Stone Yields Its Secrets; 22. Enough Is Not Enough; 23. The Grand Tour; 24. Champollion Claims All the Credit; 25. Last But Not Least; 26. Ten Years Later

Kurzbeschreibung:
Biographische Erzählung über das Leben von Dr. Thomas Young

Textpassagen (Auszüge):
"Thomas Young, who cracked the code of The Rosetta Stone, was a versatile genius - the Leonardo Da Vinci of England - whose life and ideas are revealed by Daniel L. Kline, in this narrative biography."