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The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone

305 Pages · 2007 · 2.08 MB · English

by Andrew Robinson

how not to be wrong anonymous rosetta stone

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