James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide - covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy…
"On the 23rd of December 1907, with all the pomp that the British Empire could muster, William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs was buried in Westminster Abbey beside the nation's most venerated scientist, Sir Isaac Newton. In his lifetime Thomson was seen as the most important na…
This work contains a collection of chapters, authored by leading experts, which cover the life and wide-ranging scientific contributions made by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).
This work contains a collection of chapters, authored by leading experts, which cover the life and wide-ranging scientific contributions made by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907).