Author Archives: Matt

British polymath Thomas Young, who died in 1829, is immortalized as “The Last Man Who Knew Everything,” in his biography of the same name by Andrew Robinson. Young was a professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, where he gave lectures mostly on physics. He was also a physician at St.Continue reading “What Makes an Expert?”

I suppose I should tell you a little about myself, especially if you’re bothering to read this. As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a paleontologist. As in, I was one of those annoying five-year-olds who only wanted to talk about dinosaurs. My parents decided to help me develop this irritatingContinue reading “Introductions”