The ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual
"John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colourful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physicist, and mountaineer, who ascended fr...
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| Summary: | "John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colourful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physicist, and mountaineer, who ascended from humble beginnings to the heart of Victorian society."-- |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
LIST
OF
PLATES
XIII
A NOTE
ON
WORDS
XV
ABBREVIATIONS
XVII
INTRODUCTION
XIX
PART
I
(C.
1822-185O)
FROM CARLOW TO
MARBURG
1.
IRISH BEGINNINGS
(C.
1822-1844)
3
2.
RAILWAY MANIA
(1844-1847)
I8
3.
QUEENWOOD
COLLEGE
(1847-1848)
31
4.
MARBURG
(1848-1850)
43
PART II
(1850-1860)
BREAKING IN
5.
MAKING
A
NAME
(1850-1853)
61
6. CLASH
OF
THEORIES
(1854-1856)
87
7.
GLACIAL
EXPLORATIONS
(1856-1857)
113
8.
STORMS
OVER
GLACIERS
(1858-186O)
132
PART III
(1860-1870)
THE
PEAK YEARS
9.
RADIANT HEAT
(1859-1862)
155
10.
HEATED
EXCHANGES
(1862-1865)
170
II.
THE
X-CLUB
(1864-1866)
188
12.
EYRE
AFFAIR
AND
DEATH
OF
FARADAY
(1866-1868)
199
13.
PRAYER,
MIRACLES, METAPHYSICS,
AND
SPIRITS
(1865-1880)
212
$
BIIOTHEK
T)PIUTADHESL INSENM
:::
CONTENTS
14.
MOUNTAINEERING IN
THE
186OS
(186O-I868)
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
(188O-1883)
25.
RAINBOWS
AND
LIGHTHOUSES
(1883-1885)
26.
THE FINAL YEARS
(1886-1893)
224
241
263
281
301
316
327
341
358
377
393
411
429
EPILOGUE
453
MAP
OF
THE
ALPS,
SHOWING
MANY
OF
THE
PLACES
VISITED
BY
JOHN
TYNDALL
456
PUBLISHER S
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
458
PICTURE
CAPTIONS
&
CREDITS
459
NOTES
463
BIBLIOGRAPHY
527
INDEX
541
XII
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