# Thomas Young (@thomas-young)

Thomas Young was a British physician and polymath who contributed to wave optics, elasticity, physiology, and Egyptian decipherment.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Thomas Young's public record._

## Topics

- [Interference of light](/@thomas-young/double-slit.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Hieroglyphs](/@thomas-young/hieroglyphs.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Vision and elasticity](/@thomas-young/vision-and-elasticity.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/s/rs/people/fst00003073
- blog: https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore/person/thomas-young
- blog: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG63146

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "thomas-young", "question": "…"}`.