Life and Letters of James David Forbes - Couverture souple

Shairp, John Campbell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108014062 ISBN 13 : 9781108014069

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

A wide-ranging 1873 biography of a Victorian Scottish physicist who was also Britain's 'father of Alpine adventure'.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1873, this co-authored biography of the Scottish physicist, Alpine explorer, and university leader James David Forbes (1809–1868) includes extracts from Forbes' letters. John Campbell Shairp, Forbes' successor as principal of the United College of the University of St Andrews, writes of Forbes' personal, family, and professional life, including his years at St Andrews. Forbes' student and his successor in the Natural Philosophy chair at the University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait, himself an accomplished mathematical physicist who co-wrote, with Lord Kelvin, Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867), discusses Forbes' scientific achievements and contributions. A. Adams-Reilly, a celebrated Irish mountaineer, cartographer, and friend of Forbes, writes of the latter's Alpine travels and his work and interest in glaciers. In Shairp's words, in addition to all of his academic accomplishments, Forbes was also Britain's 'father of Alpine adventure'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108014062
• ISBN 13: 9781108014069
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 612
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