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Nature 438, 291 (17 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438291a; Published online 16 November 2005
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Concept A polymath's dilemma
Andrew Robinson1
- Andrew Robinson is the author of a biography of Thomas Young, The Last Man Who Knew Everything, which is to be published by Pi Press in January. He is literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement.
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.
Polymaths have always posed a problem in academia. How do they relate to specialization and interdisciplinarity, genius and dilettantism, inspiration and perspiration?
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