Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists
：The Commonwealth and International Library: Science and Society
Publication subTitle ：The Commonwealth and International Library: Science and Society
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781483153155
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080133836
Subject： K81 Biography;K82 China;N09 History
Keyword： 自然科学理论与方法论,传记
Language： ENG
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Description
Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists presents the biographies of eight British scientists who represent the state of science in the second half of the Victorian era: Charles Wyville Thomson, James Murray, Arthur Cayley, Francis Galton, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Norman Lockyer, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and William Ramsay.
This book is comprised of seven chapters and begins by focusing on the contributions and achievements of Charles Wyville Thomson in the fields of natural history, marine biology, and deep-sea exploration, especially his expedition aboard H.M.S. Challenger, and of James Murray in oceanography. Subsequent chapters discuss the works of Arthur Cayley (mathematics), Francis Galton (exploration, anthropology, and eugenics), and William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (mathematical physics). The achievements of Norman Lockyer (astrophysics), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (inventor of the Thomas-Gilchrist process for eliminating phosphorus in the Bessemer converter), and William Ramsay (chemistry) are also considered.
This monograph will be a useful resource for students and scientists alike.
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