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Ascent of John Tyndall
Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual
Buch von Roland Jackson
Sprache: Englisch

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John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colourful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physicist, and mountaineer, who ascended from humble beginnings to the heart of Victorian society.
John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colourful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physicist, and mountaineer, who ascended from humble beginnings to the heart of Victorian society.
Über den Autor
Roland Jackson is a historian of science, with interests also in contemporary science and innovation policy, and in bioethics. His recent posts include: Head of the Science Museum, London; Chief Executive of the British Science Association; and Executive Chair of Sciencewise. He is a General Editor of The Correspondence of John Tyndall, being published in 19 volumes by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • A note on words

  • Introduction

  • 1: Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)

  • 2: Railway Mania (1844-1847)

  • 3: Queenwood College (1847-1848)

  • 4: Marburg (1848-1850)

  • 5: Making a Name (1850-1853)

  • 6: Clash of Theories (1854-1856)

  • 7: Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)

  • 8: Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)

  • 9: Radiant Heat (1859-1862)

  • 10: Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)

  • 11: The X-Club (1864-1866)

  • 12: Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)

  • 13: Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)

  • 14: Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)

  • 15: Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)

  • 16: Dust and Disease (1870-1872)

  • 17: Government Service and Education (1871-1892)

  • 18: America (1872-1873)

  • 19: Fogs and Glaciers (1873)

  • 20: The Belfast Address (1873-1875)

  • 21: Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)

  • 22: Contamination (1876-1878)

  • 23: Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)

  • 24: Hindhead (1880-1883)

  • 25: Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)

  • 26: The Final Years (1886-1893)

  • Epilogue

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780198788959
ISBN-10: 0198788959
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Jackson, Roland
Hersteller: Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 241 x 154 x 53 mm
Von/Mit: Roland Jackson
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,909 kg
Artikel-ID: 110279755
Über den Autor
Roland Jackson is a historian of science, with interests also in contemporary science and innovation policy, and in bioethics. His recent posts include: Head of the Science Museum, London; Chief Executive of the British Science Association; and Executive Chair of Sciencewise. He is a General Editor of The Correspondence of John Tyndall, being published in 19 volumes by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • A note on words

  • Introduction

  • 1: Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)

  • 2: Railway Mania (1844-1847)

  • 3: Queenwood College (1847-1848)

  • 4: Marburg (1848-1850)

  • 5: Making a Name (1850-1853)

  • 6: Clash of Theories (1854-1856)

  • 7: Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)

  • 8: Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)

  • 9: Radiant Heat (1859-1862)

  • 10: Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)

  • 11: The X-Club (1864-1866)

  • 12: Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)

  • 13: Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)

  • 14: Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)

  • 15: Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)

  • 16: Dust and Disease (1870-1872)

  • 17: Government Service and Education (1871-1892)

  • 18: America (1872-1873)

  • 19: Fogs and Glaciers (1873)

  • 20: The Belfast Address (1873-1875)

  • 21: Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)

  • 22: Contamination (1876-1878)

  • 23: Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)

  • 24: Hindhead (1880-1883)

  • 25: Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)

  • 26: The Final Years (1886-1893)

  • Epilogue

  • Notes

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780198788959
ISBN-10: 0198788959
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Jackson, Roland
Hersteller: Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 241 x 154 x 53 mm
Von/Mit: Roland Jackson
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,909 kg
Artikel-ID: 110279755
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