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Kelvin: Life, Labours and Legacy

By Andrew Whitaker , Raymond Flood , Mark McCartney

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2008
ISBN
0199231257, 9780199231256, 9780191528248
Open Library ID
OL10146049M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4049379 bytes)
Pages
352\371
Topic
History
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Lord Kelvin was one of the greatest physicists of the Victorian era. Widely known for the development of the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement, Kelvin's interests ranged across thermodynamics, the age of the Earth, the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph table, not to mention inventions such as an improved maritime compass and a sounding device which allowed depths to be taken both quickly and while the ship was moving. He was an academic engaged in fundamental research, while also working with industry and technological advances. He corresponded and collaborated with other eminent men of science such as Stokes, Joule, Maxwell, and Helmholtz, was raised to the peerage as a result of his contributions to science, and finally buried in Westminster Abbey next to Newton. This book contains a collection of chapters, authored by leading experts, covering the life and wide-ranging contributions made by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).

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