The ascent of John Tyndall : Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual
Jackson, Roland, 1954-2020
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Rising from a humble background in rural southern Ireland, John Tyndall became one of the foremost physicists, communicators of science and polemicists in mid-Victorian Britain. In science, he is known for his important work in meteorology, climate science, magnetism, acoustics and bacteriology. His discoveries include the physical basis of the warming of the Earth's atmosphere (the basis of the greenhouse effect), and establishing why the sky is blue. But he was also a leading communicator of science, drawing great crowds to his lectures at the Royal Institution, while also playing an active role in the Royal Society. Tyndall moved in the highest social and intellectual circles.
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Jackson, Roland, 1954-, author
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
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576 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2018.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780198788942 (pbk)
Dewey class:
509.2BTYN
Language:
English
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BRN:
501741
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