Six Lectures on Light: Delivered in America in 1872–1873 (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences) - Softcover

Tyndall, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108038433 ISBN 13: 9781108038430

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Born in Leighlinbridge in Ireland, John Tyndall (1820-93) was a brilliant nineteenth-century experimental physicist and gifted science educator. He worked initially as a draughtsman, then spent a year teaching at an English school before attending the University of Marburg to study physics and chemistry. Tyndall carried out important research on magnetism, light and bacteriology. Among his many significant achievements, he demonstrated the greenhouse effect in Earth's atmospheric gases using absorption spectroscopy. He was a skilled and entertaining educator and as Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution he gave many public lectures and demonstrations of science. Published in 1873, this book features six accessible lectures on light. They explore a wide range of ideas in a non-technical way, from basic scientific theories through magnetism and light scattering, to analytical spectroscopy. The book ends with a series of essays on special topics, and includes a detailed index.

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Book Description:

Published in 1873, Tyndall's six lectures on the science of light explore a wide range of ideas in a non-technical way. They proceed from basic scientific theories, through magnetism and light scattering, to analytical spectroscopy. The book ends with a series of essays on special topics, and a detailed index.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108038433
• ISBN 13: 9781108038430
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296