Article ID: CBB001421019

Daedalus in Dublin: A Physicist's Labyrinth (2014)

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I describe some of the rich physical and natural-philosophy heritage of the urban center of the Irish capital Dublin (first tour) and its environs (second tour), in a two-part excursion that could take between two and eight hours in toto. In terms of history, both tours center around the nineteenth century. The first tour is located in and around Trinity College, and we encounter such personages as William Rowan Hamilton, George Fitzgerald, Ernest Walton, and Erwin Schrödinger, among others. Moving away from Trinity College, the second tour explores some of the periphery of the city. I describe the role of politics, money, and religion in shaping the emergence and development of scientific talent among the Irish people, and consequently the footprint left by physics in the city today, with its numerous sites and names that put Irish physics in an honorable place among the nations.

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Authors & Contributors
Thomas William Barrett
Miguel Ohnesorge
Giraudeau, Martin
Enza Del Tedesco
Weaire, D. L.
Schlitz, Michael
Concepts
Physics
Science and politics
Funding and finance
Natural philosophy
Electromagnetism
Mathematics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
21st century
Places
Italy
Kashmir
West Virginia (U.S.)
Dublin (Ireland)
England
Manchuria
Institutions
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin Philosophical Society
East India Company (English)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Royal Geographical Society
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