George Peacock

Life of Thomas Young M.D., F.R.S., Etc.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and affectionate 1855 biography of the polymath Thomas Young (1773-1829), 'the last man who knew everything'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781108057363
• ISBN-10: 1108057365
• Artikelnr.: 37454715

Inhaltsangabe

1. Early education
2. Medical education - London
3. Medical education - Edinburgh
4. Medical education - Göttingen
5. Medical education - Cambridge
6. Optical discoveries - first epoch
7. Lectures: cohesion of fluids
8. Marriage, medical life and works
9. Philological essays, reviews
10. Hierographical researches
11. Commissions, Board of Longitude
12. Optical discoveries - second epoch
13. Researches on the value of life and assurance
14. Miscellaneous memoirs
15. Events in later life, death
Appendix A
Appendix B.