Author: James David ForbesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Testimonials in favour of J. D. Forbes, ... as a candidate for the Chair of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh
Author: James David ForbesTestimonials in Favour of James D. Forbes ... as a Candidate for the Chair of Natural Philosophy ... Edinburgh
Author: James David ForbesTestimonials in Favour of James D. Forbes as a Candidate for the Chair of Natural Philosophy
Author: University of EdinburghTestimonials in Favour of the Rev. Philip Kelland, M.A. ... as Candidate for the Chair of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh
Author: Philip KellandTestimonials in favour of the Rev. George S. Davidson, as a Candidate for the Greek Chair in the University of Edinburgh
Author: George Smyttan DAVIDSONPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Testimonials in favour of William Gregory as a candidate for the vacant chair of chemistry in the University of Edinburgh
Author: William GREGORY (Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Reading the Book of Nature
Author: Jonathan R. TophamPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226820807
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
A powerful reimagining of the world in which a young Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. When Charles Darwin returned to Britain from the Beagle voyage in 1836, the most talked-about scientific books of the day were the Bridgewater Treatises. This series of eight works was funded by a bequest of the last Earl of Bridgewater and written by leading men of science appointed by the president of the Royal Society to explore "the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation." Securing public attention beyond all expectations, the series offered Darwin’s generation a range of approaches to one of the great questions of the age: how to incorporate the newly emerging disciplinary sciences into Britain’s overwhelmingly Christian culture. Drawing on a wealth of archival and published sources, including many unexplored by historians, Jonathan R. Topham examines how and to what extent the series contributed to a sense of congruence between Christianity and the sciences in the generation before the fabled Victorian conflict between science and religion. Building on the distinctive insights of book history and paying close attention to the production, circulation, and use of the books, Topham offers new perspectives on early Victorian science and the subject of science and religion as a whole.
James David Forbes, Pioneer Scottish Glaciologist
Author: Frank F. CunninghamPublisher: Edinburgh : Scottish Academic Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Kelvin: Life, Labours and Legacy
Author: Raymond FloodPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191528242
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book 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 cable, 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 scientific contributions made by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).
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