Opening book details…
Can I read Some nineteenth century British scientists (The Commonwealth and international library. Liberal studies division. Science and society, v. 5) on EtoBox?
Some nineteenth century British scientists (The Commonwealth and international library. Liberal studies division. Science and society, v. 5) by R. Harré is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Some nineteenth century British scientists (The Commonwealth and international library. Liberal studies division. Science and society, v. 5) about?
Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists presents the biographies of eight British scientists who represent the state of science in the second half of the Victorian Charles Wyville Thomson, James Murray, Arthur Cayley, Francis Galton, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Norman Lockyer, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and William Ramsay.This book is comprised of seven chapters and begins by focusing on the contributions and achievements of Charles Wyville Thomson in the fields of natural history, marine biology, and deep-sea exploration, especially his expedition aboard H.M.S. Challenger, and of James Murray in oceanography. Subsequent chapters discuss the works of Arthur Cayley (mathematics), Francis Galton (exploration, anthropology, and eugenics), and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (mathematical physics). The achievements of Norman Lockyer (astrophysics), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (inventor of the Thomas-Gilchrist process for eliminating phosphorus in the Bessemer converter), and William Ramsay (chemistry) are also considered.This monograph will be a useful resource for students and scientists alike.
Who reads Some nineteenth century British scientists (The Commonwealth and international library. Liberal studies division. Science and society, v. 5)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- R. Harré
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press, London
- Published
- 1969
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780080133829
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
More by R. Harré
Similar books
- Mid-nineteenth-century Scientists (science And Society, V. 4) — edited by John North (1969)
- > Dictionary of Nineteenth-century British Scientists — general editor, Bernard Lightman; consulting editors, John Brooke ... et al. (2004)
- Late Seventeenth Century Scientists: The Commonwealth and International Library: Liberal Studies Division — Donald Hutchings (2014)
- Mr Hopkins' Men : Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century — Professor Alex D. Craik BSc, PhD, FRSE (auth.) (2007)
- British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century — J. G. Crowther (1962)
- Nineteenth Century British Painting — Luke Herrmann (2001)