The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume I: Correspondence 1840-3

by John Tyndall, Geoffrey N. Cantor (Editor), Gowan Dawson (Editor)

John Tyndall was one of the most influential scientists of the nineteenth century. His correspondents read like a who s who of international science and include: Charles Babbage, Louis Pasteur and Bertrand Russell. Published serially with two volumes per year, this scholarly edition will ultimately present over 7,000 of his letters."

538 pages, Hardcover

Published August 14, 2015

About the author

John Tyndall FRS (2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th century physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air. Tyndall also published more than a dozen science books which brought state-of-the-art 19th century experimental physics to a wide audience. From 1853 to 1887 he was professor of physics at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London.