Ascent of John Tyndall
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Ascent of John Tyndall
Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual
Jackson, Roland
Oxford University Press
07/2020
576
Mole
Inglês
9780198788942
15 a 20 dias
518
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List of Plates
A note on words
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I (c.1822-1850) From Carlow to Manburg
Introduction
1: Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)
2: Railway Mania (1844-1847)
3: Queenwood College (1847-1848)
4: Marburg (1848-1850)
Part II (1850-1860) Breaking In
5: Making a Name (1850-1853)
6: Clash of Theories (1854-1856)
7: Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)
8: Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)
Part III (1860-1870) The Peak Years
9: Radiant Heat (1859-1862)
10: Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)
11: The X-Club (1864-1866)
12: Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)
13: Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)
14: Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)
15: Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)
Part IV (1870-1880) Establishment Figure
16: Dust and Disease (1870-1872)
17: Government Service and Education (1871-1892)
18: America (1872-1873)
19: Fogs and Glaciers (1873)
20: The Belfast Address (1873-1875)
21: Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)
22: Contamination (1876-1878)
23: Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)
Part V (1880-1893) Political Affairs
24: Hindhead (1880-1883)
25: Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)
26: The Final Years (1886-1893)
Epilogue
Map of the Alps, showing many of the places visited by John Tyndall
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Picture Captions & Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A note on words
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I (c.1822-1850) From Carlow to Manburg
Introduction
1: Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)
2: Railway Mania (1844-1847)
3: Queenwood College (1847-1848)
4: Marburg (1848-1850)
Part II (1850-1860) Breaking In
5: Making a Name (1850-1853)
6: Clash of Theories (1854-1856)
7: Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)
8: Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)
Part III (1860-1870) The Peak Years
9: Radiant Heat (1859-1862)
10: Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)
11: The X-Club (1864-1866)
12: Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)
13: Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)
14: Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)
15: Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)
Part IV (1870-1880) Establishment Figure
16: Dust and Disease (1870-1872)
17: Government Service and Education (1871-1892)
18: America (1872-1873)
19: Fogs and Glaciers (1873)
20: The Belfast Address (1873-1875)
21: Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)
22: Contamination (1876-1878)
23: Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)
Part V (1880-1893) Political Affairs
24: Hindhead (1880-1883)
25: Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)
26: The Final Years (1886-1893)
Epilogue
Map of the Alps, showing many of the places visited by John Tyndall
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Picture Captions & Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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List of Plates
A note on words
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I (c.1822-1850) From Carlow to Manburg
Introduction
1: Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)
2: Railway Mania (1844-1847)
3: Queenwood College (1847-1848)
4: Marburg (1848-1850)
Part II (1850-1860) Breaking In
5: Making a Name (1850-1853)
6: Clash of Theories (1854-1856)
7: Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)
8: Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)
Part III (1860-1870) The Peak Years
9: Radiant Heat (1859-1862)
10: Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)
11: The X-Club (1864-1866)
12: Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)
13: Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)
14: Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)
15: Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)
Part IV (1870-1880) Establishment Figure
16: Dust and Disease (1870-1872)
17: Government Service and Education (1871-1892)
18: America (1872-1873)
19: Fogs and Glaciers (1873)
20: The Belfast Address (1873-1875)
21: Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)
22: Contamination (1876-1878)
23: Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)
Part V (1880-1893) Political Affairs
24: Hindhead (1880-1883)
25: Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)
26: The Final Years (1886-1893)
Epilogue
Map of the Alps, showing many of the places visited by John Tyndall
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Picture Captions & Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A note on words
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I (c.1822-1850) From Carlow to Manburg
Introduction
1: Irish Beginnings (c. 1822-1844)
2: Railway Mania (1844-1847)
3: Queenwood College (1847-1848)
4: Marburg (1848-1850)
Part II (1850-1860) Breaking In
5: Making a Name (1850-1853)
6: Clash of Theories (1854-1856)
7: Glacial Explorations (1856-1857)
8: Storms over Glaciers (1858-1860)
Part III (1860-1870) The Peak Years
9: Radiant Heat (1859-1862)
10: Heated Exchanges (1862-1865)
11: The X-Club (1864-1866)
12: Eyre Affair and Death of Faraday (1866-1868)
13: Prayer, Miracles, Metaphysics, and Spirits (1865-1880)
14: Mountaineering in the 1860s (1860-1868)
15: Clouds of Imagination (1868-1870)
Part IV (1870-1880) Establishment Figure
16: Dust and Disease (1870-1872)
17: Government Service and Education (1871-1892)
18: America (1872-1873)
19: Fogs and Glaciers (1873)
20: The Belfast Address (1873-1875)
21: Floating Matter of the Air (1875-1876)
22: Contamination (1876-1878)
23: Electric lights and Mining Accidents (1879-1886)
Part V (1880-1893) Political Affairs
24: Hindhead (1880-1883)
25: Rainbows and Lighthouses (1883-1885)
26: The Final Years (1886-1893)
Epilogue
Map of the Alps, showing many of the places visited by John Tyndall
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Picture Captions & Credits
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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