Thesis ID: CBB001562926

The emergence of geophysics in 19th century Britain (1990)

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Kushner, David S. (Author)


Princeton University


Publication Date: 1990
Physical Details: 625 pp.

Description Particularly the work of William Hopkins, William Thomson, and George Darwin. Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 51 (1991): 3202. Univ. Microfilms order no. 91-04334.


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Authors & Contributors
Smith, Crosbie W.
Wise, M. Norton
Wilson, David Ball
Tipler, Frank J.
Stephenson, Craig
Sichau, C.
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Physics Teacher
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
History of Science
Publishers
Open University (United Kingdom)
Springer
Hilger
Concepts
Mathematics
Science
Physics
Geophysics
Dark energy
Temperature
People
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
Darwin, George Howard
Hopkins, William
Hill, George William
Whiston, William
Stokes, George Gabriel
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
United States
Great Britain
Institutions
University of Glasgow
Cambridge University
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