1st Edition

British Scientists of the Nineteenth Century

By J G Crowther Copyright 1962
372 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1935. J G Crowther has chosen five of the greatest scientists of the nineteenth century – Davy, Faraday, Clerk-Maxwell, Joule, Lord Kelvin and examines every aspect of their lives and work. Nineteenth century science appears in a different light from that in which its contemporaries regarded it, and Crowther shows that it is now possible to judge which were the most... Read more
  1. Humphry Davy 1778-1829. 2 Michael Faraday, 1791-1867. 3James Prescott Joule, 1818-1889. 4 William Thomson, 1824-1907. 5 James Clerk Maxwell, 1831-1879 and Accommodation. Bibliography. Index

Biography

J. G. CROWTHER