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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Jackson, Roland (1954-....)
Titre(s) : The ascent of John Tyndall [Texte imprimé] : Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual / Roland Jackson
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : New York : Oxford university press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-556 p. - [16] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 527-540. Index
"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."
Sujet(s) : Tyndall, John (1820-1893)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
509.2 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198788959. - ISBN 0198788959 (rel.). - ISBN 9780191093319 (erroné). - ISBN
0191093319 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455546658
Notice n° :
FRBNF45554665
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I (c. 1822-1850) From Carlow to Marburg. Irish beginnings (c.1822-1844) ; Railway
mania (1844-1847) ; Queenwood College (1847-1848) ; Marburg (1848-1850) ; Part II.
(1850-1860) Breaking in. Making a name (1850-1853) ; Clash of theories (1854-1856)
; Glacial explorations (1856-1857) ; Storms over glaciers (1858-1860) ; Part III
(1860-1870) The peak years. Radiant heat (1859-1862) ; Heated exchanges (1862-1865)
; The X-club (1864-1866) ; Eyre affair and death of Faraday (1866-1868) ; Prayer,
miracles, metaphysics, and spirits (1865-1880) ; Mountaineering in the 1960s (8160-1868)
; Clouds of imagination (1868-1870) ; Part IV (1870-1880) Establishment figure. Dust
and disease (1870-1872) ; Government service and education (1872-1872) ; America (1872-1873)
; Fogs and glaciers (1873) ; The Belfast address (1873-1875) ; Floating matter of
the air (1875-1876) ; Contamination (1876-1878) ; Electric lights and mining accidents
(1879-1886) ; Part V (1880-1893) Political affairs. Hindhead (1880-1883) ; Rainbows
and lighthouses (1883-1885) ; The final years (1886-1893).