{"product_id":"the-life-of-william-thomson-baron-kelvin-of-largs-paperback-9781108027175","title":"The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108027175","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive biography, first published in 1910, of the influential mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSilvanus Phillips Thompson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108027175, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e626 pages, 17 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.79 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\"\u003eThe mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (1824–1907) was one of Britain's most influential scientists, famous for his work on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and for devising the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature. Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916) began this biography with the co-operation of Kelvin in 1906, but the project was interrupted by Kelvin's death the following year. Thompson, himself a respected physics lecturer and scientific writer, decided that a more comprehensive biography would be needed and spent several years reading through Kelvin's papers in order to complete these two volumes, published in 1910. Volume 1 covers Kelvin's life to 1871, including his student days, his election (aged 22) as professor in Glasgow, his ground-breaking theoretical research on thermodynamics, his applied work on telegraphs including the Atlantic cable, and his involvement in a geological controversy about the age of the earth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Childhood, and upbringing at Glasgow\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e 3. Post-graduate studies at Paris and Peterhouse\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Glasgow Chair\u003cbr\u003e 5. The young professor\u003cbr\u003e 6. Thermodynamics\u003cbr\u003e 7. The laboratory\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Atlantic telegraph: failure\u003cbr\u003e 9. Strenuous years\u003cbr\u003e 10. The epoch-making treatise\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Atlantic telegraph: success\u003cbr\u003e 12. Labour and sorrow\u003cbr\u003e 13. The geological controversy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Later telegraphic work: the siphon recorder.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\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":46266012893464,"sku":"9781108027175","price":49.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108027175i_dabea2ee-ddb1-48c7-b9dc-e7542f4e6612.jpg?v=1694873439","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-william-thomson-baron-kelvin-of-largs-paperback-9781108027175","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}