The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 2 - The Correspondence, September 1843-December 1849

The 161 letters in this volume encompass a period of dramatic change for the young John Tyndall, who would become one of Victorian Britain's most famous physicists. They begin in September 1843, in the midst of a fiery public conflict with the Ordnance Survey of England, and end in December 1849 with him as a doctoral student of mathematics and experimental science at the University of Marburg, Germany.

About the author

Melinda Baldwin (Editor)
Melinda Baldwin is the author of Making Nature: The History of a Scientific Journal. She is currently the ACLS Oscar Handlin Fellow, and has held positions at York University, Harvard University, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Janet Browne (Editor)
Janet Browne is Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University.

Summary

The 161 letters in this volume encompass a period of dramatic change for the young John Tyndall, who would become one of Victorian Britain's most famous physicists.

Product details

• Assisted by: Melinda Baldwin (Editor), Janet Browne (Editor), Melinda Clare Baldwin Fulford (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780822944713
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4471-3
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 764 g
• Series: The Correspondence of John Tyndall; The Correspondence of John Tyndall
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)