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New Scientist by Emily Wilson, ed. is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is New Scientist about?
Rising from a humble background in rural southern Ireland, John Tyndall became one of the foremost physicists, communicators of science, and polemicists in mid-Victorian Britain. In science, he is known for his important work in meteorology, climate science, magnetism, acoustics, and bacteriology. His discoveries include the physical basis of the warming of the Earth's atmosphere (the basis of the greenhouse effect), and establishing why the sky is blue. But he was also a leading communicator of
Who reads New Scientist?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Emily Wilson, ed.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191093319
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Physics
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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