{"product_id":"life-and-letters-of-james-david-forbes-paperback-9781108014069","title":"Life and Letters of James David Forbes (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108014069","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife and Letters of James David Forbes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide-ranging 1873 biography of a Victorian Scottish physicist who was also Britain's 'father of Alpine adventure'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Campbell Shairp (Author), Peter Guthrie Tait (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108014069, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e612 pages, 7 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1873, this co-authored biography of the Scottish physicist, Alpine explorer, and university leader James David Forbes (1809–1868) includes extracts from Forbes' letters. John Campbell Shairp, Forbes' successor as principal of the United College of the University of St Andrews, writes of Forbes' personal, family, and professional life, including his years at St Andrews. Forbes' student and his successor in the Natural Philosophy chair at the University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait, himself an accomplished mathematical physicist who co-wrote, with Lord Kelvin, Treatise on Natural Philosophy (1867), discusses Forbes' scientific achievements and contributions. A. Adams-Reilly, a celebrated Irish mountaineer, cartographer, and friend of Forbes, writes of the latter's Alpine travels and his work and interest in glaciers. In Shairp's words, in addition to all of his academic accomplishments, Forbes was also Britain's 'father of Alpine adventure'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Parentage and boyhood\u003cbr\u003e 2. Youthful travels\u003cbr\u003e 3. College course\u003cbr\u003e 4. Choice of a profession, 1930\u003cbr\u003e 5. Professorial life\u003cbr\u003e 6. Professorial life (continued)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Married life\u003cbr\u003e 8. Travels, 1826–1839\u003cbr\u003e 9. Alpine travels, 1841–1842\u003cbr\u003e 10. Alpine travels, 1843–1851\u003cbr\u003e 11. Failure of health\u003cbr\u003e 12. Life in St. Andrews\u003cbr\u003e 13. The close\u003cbr\u003e 14. Forbes' scientific work\u003cbr\u003e 15. Forbes' contributions to our knowledge of glaciers\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mechanics of fluids\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mechanics%20of%20fluids%20%5BTGMF%5D%22\"\u003eTGMF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265933431064,"sku":"9781108014069","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108014069i.jpg?v=1694869293","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-and-letters-of-james-david-forbes-paperback-9781108014069","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}