The Correspondence, January 1855-October 1856 - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0822945320 ISBN 13 : 9780822945321

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018

Synopsis

This volume contains 266 letters covering a period of twenty-two months, when Tyndall was in his midthirties and had been employed by the Royal Institution as professor of natural philosophy since September 1853. Many of the letters printed here concern the lectures he delivered at the RI and other institutions and his attempt to establish his reputation as a researcher. Although he published in several other areas ?including the cleavage of rocks, colorblindness and glaciers ?the main focus of his research was the newly discovered and problematic phenomenon of diamagnetism. Tyndall reported his experimental results and theoretical views on this subject in several lectures and papers that greatly enhanced his scientific standing, which was further extended by his contact with other scientists, not only in London but across the British Isles and in France and Germany. By the end of this period, Tyndall was a man of science with a European reputation that was recognized in November 1856 when the Royal Society elected him a member of its Council. 
 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey Cantor is professor emeritus of the history of science at the University of Leeds and senior honorary research associate at University College, London. 

William Brock is professor emeritus of the history of science and former director of the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822945320
• ISBN 13: 9780822945321
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 484
• Éditeur: Brock William H., Cantor Geoffrey, Elwick James, Jackson Roland, Lightman Bernard
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