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The Dark Path to Knowledge
John Gough
其他書名
The Autobiography of John Gough of Kendal (1757-1825), 'blind Philosopher' and Polymath
出版Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 2021
ISBN18731248999781873124895
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nLjrzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The eminent physicist-cum-chemist John Dalton remarked that John Gough was 'one of the most astonishing instances that ever appeared, of what genius united with perseverance and energy and other subsidiary aids can accomplish when deprived of what we usually reckon the most valuable sense' - a sentiment reiterated verbatim by Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley a founder of the National Trust. What impressed them was the power of his intellect and his astonishing attainments for a man blinded before his third birthday by smallpox. His numerous publications ranged across mathematics, meteorology and atmospheric physics, the nature, transmission and reception of sound by the unsighted, many aspects of natural history and the folklore of his native Westmorland. Also remarkable is the fact that his manuscript account of his life, supplemented by extensive handwritten biographical notes of his son and amanuensis Thomas Gough, has survived. This book provides a full transcript of John Gough's autobiography with supporting footnotes, together with an introduction to his life, a list of publications, and a biographical sketch of his son Thomas who did so much to preserve his father's memory.