Article ID: CBB001035173

John Tyndall's Vertical Physics: From Rock Quarries to Icy Peaks (2010)

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Description On “the close relationship formed in the mid-nineteenth century between advances in the physical sciences and the rise of mountaineering as a sport.” (from the abstract)


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Authors & Contributors
Browne, E. Janet
Baldwin, Melinda Clare
Adelman, Juliana
Anne van Weerden
Barton, Michael D.
Corbett, Ken
Concepts
Science and society
Physics
Mountaineering
Correspondence and corresponding
Popularization
Science and religion
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Ireland
Great Britain
Alps (Europe)
Italy
Belfast, Ireland
London (England)
Institutions
Presbyterian Church
Society for Psychical Research
British Association for the Advancement of Science
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