This is the extraordinary story of the polymath Thomas Young, who cared less about what others thought of him than for the unbridled pursuit of knowledge.

Author Biography

Andrew Robinson is a King's scholar of Eton College and holds degrees from Oxford University ( in science) and the school of Oriental and African Studies, London. He is the author of more than a dozen books including four biographies : Einstein : A Hundred Years of Relativity; The Man Who deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris; Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye; and Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-minded Man ( written with krishna Dutta). He is literary editor of the Times Higher Education supplement and a visiting fellow of Wolfson college, Cambridge.