A polymath's dilemma

Andrew Robinson

Nature, 2005, vol. 438, issue 7066, 291-291

Abstract: Thomas Young strove to satisfy his curiosity in virtually every scientific subject and, undeterred by sceptics calling for a narrower focus, made discoveries in almost all the fields he studied.

Date: 2005
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