Article ID: CBB001210328

The Popular Lectures and Addresses of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824--1907) (2012)

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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, was the best-known scientist of his day, an eminent natural philosopher, engineer, and mathematician. His Popular lectures and addresses cover many aspects of science in a non-technical way. After a general introduction on popular scientific writing, Kelvin's varied topics are listed, and just one is described in more detail: his lecture `On ship waves'. This paper was first presented at a colloquium at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow on Literature and Mathematics in May 2011.

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Authors & Contributors
Burke, Katie
Chang, Hasok
Falzeder, Ernst
Fara, Patricia
Fawcett, Trevor
Forgan, Sophie
Journals
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
American Scientist
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Publishers
Princeton University Press
Simon & Schuster
Concepts
Popularization
Lectures
Physics
Communication of scientific ideas
Popular culture
Science education and teaching
People
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph
Buckland, William
Combe, George
Darwin, Charles Robert
Desaguliers, John Theophilus
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
England
Germany
London (England)
Boston (Massachusetts, U.S.)
Bath (England)
Institutions
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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