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9780198788942

The Ascent of John Tyndall Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual

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    9780198788942

  • ISBN10:

    0198788940

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2020-09-23
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Roland Jackson, Visiting Fellow, The Royal Institution

Roland Jackson is a historian of science, with interests also in contemporary science and innovation policy, and in bioethics. His recent posts include: Head of the Science Museum, London; Chief Executive of the British Science Association; and Executive Chair of Sciencewise. He is a General Editor of The Correspondence of John Tyndall, being published in 19 volumes by the Royal Institution.

Table of Contents


List of Plates
A note on words
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I (c.1822-1850) From Carlow to Manburg
Introduction
1. Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)
2. Railway Mania (1844-1847)
3. Queenwood College (1847-1848)
4. Marburg (1848-1850)
Part II (1850-1860) Breaking In
5. Making a Name (1850-1853)
6. Clash of Theories (1854-1856)
7. Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)
8. Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)
Part III (1860-1870) The Peak Years
9. Radiant Heat (1859-1862)
10. Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)
11. The X-Club (1864-1866)
12. Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)
13. Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)
14. Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)
15. Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)
Part IV (1870-1880) Establishment Figure
16. Dust and Disease (1870-1872)
17. Government Service and Education (1871-1892)
18. America (1872-1873)
19. Fogs and Glaciers (1873)
20. The Belfast Address (1873-1875)
21. Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)
22. Contamination (1876-1878)
23. Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)
Part V (1880-1893) Political Affairs
24. Hindhead (1880-1883)
25. Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)
26. The Final Years (1886-1893)
Epilogue
Map of the Alps, showing many of the places visited by John Tyndall
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Picture Captions & Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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