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Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists

Author : R. Harré

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 269 pages

File Size : 41,73 MB

Release : 2014-05-17

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1483153150

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Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists presents the biographies of eight British scientists who represent the state of science in the second half of the Victorian era: Charles Wyville Thomson, James Murray, Arthur Cayley, Francis Galton, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Norman Lockyer, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and William Ramsay. This book is comprised of seven chapters and begins by focusing on the contributions and achievements of Charles Wyville Thomson in the fields of natural history, marine biology, and deep-sea exploration, especially his expedition aboard H.M.S. Challenger, and of James Murray in oceanography. Subsequent chapters discuss the works of Arthur Cayley (mathematics), Francis Galton (exploration, anthropology, and eugenics), and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (mathematical physics). The achievements of Norman Lockyer (astrophysics), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (inventor of the Thomas-Gilchrist process for eliminating phosphorus in the Bessemer converter), and William Ramsay (chemistry) are also considered. This monograph will be a useful resource for students and scientists alike.



British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century

Author : J G Crowther

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 40,87 MB

Release : 2013-10-28

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1135028826

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Originally published in 1935. J G Crowther has chosen five of the greatest scientists of the nineteenth century – Davy, Faraday, Clerk-Maxwell, Joule, Lord Kelvin and examines every aspect of their lives and work. Nineteenth century science appears in a different light from that in which its contemporaries regarded it, and Crowther shows that it is now possible to judge which were the most important discoveries, which the most significant personalities of the period; and how the passage of time has revealed many unsuspected connections between a scientist’s discoveries and the social life and industry of his day.







British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century

Author : J G (James Gerald) 1899- Crowther

Publisher : Hassell Street Press

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 11,96 MB

Release : 2021-09-09

Category :

ISBN : 9781014322845

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.



Dictionary Of Nineteenth-Century of British Scientists

Author : Bernard Lightman

Publisher : Thoemmes Continuum

Page : 568 pages

File Size : 12,68 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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This dictionary contains 1200 entries on figures who had an impact on British science in the 19th century. By examining how the theories and practices of scientists were shaped by Victorian beliefs about religion, gender, imperialism and politics, it examines the development of science.





Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Author : Gowan Dawson

Publisher :

Page : 409 pages

File Size : 13,23 MB

Release : 2020

Category : History

ISBN : 022667651X

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"Significant characteristics of modern scientific journals, including their role in the certification and registration of scientific knowledge, emerged only toward the end of the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The nineteenth century was a period of rapid expansion and diversification in scientific periodicals, and this collection sets the historical exploration of those periodicals on a new footing, examining their distinctive purposes and character. Specifically, it shows the important role they played in expanding, developing, and organizing communities of scientific practitioners and devotees during a century that witnessed blanket transformations in the scientific enterprise"--



(Re)creating Science in Nineteenth-century Britain

Author : Amanda Mordavsky Caleb

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 50,26 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Science

ISBN :

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Looking at science from an interdisciplinary perspective, the essays in this collection offer a fresh insight into how nineteenth-century science developed in Great Britain, suggesting the need for further research into this area.