Kelvin: Life, Labours and Legacy
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 table, 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,…
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Weitere Autoren: McCartney, Mark (Hrsg.) / Whitaker, Andrew (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923125-6
- EAN: 9780199231256
- Produktnummer: 22685225
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 358 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B17.3 cm x D2.5 cm 885 g
- Gewicht: 885
Über den Autor
Andrew Whitaker is Professor of Physics at Queen's University Belfast.
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