Book ID: CBB000031229

James Joule: A biography (1989)

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Cardwell, Donald S. L. (Author)


Manchester University Press


Publication Date: 1989
Physical Details: x + 333 pp.; illus.; notes.; index

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Review Morrell, J. (1993) Review of "James Joule: A biography". English Historical Review (p. 237). unapi

Review Morus, I.R. (1990) Review of "James Joule: A biography". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (pp. 519-25). unapi

Review Russell, C.A. (1990) Review of "James Joule: A biography". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (pp. 311-13). unapi

Review Kleinert, A. (1992) Review of "James Joule: A biography". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 408-9). unapi

Review Hofmann, J.R. (1991) Review of "James Joule: A biography". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 149-50). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sibum, H. Otto
Cardwell, Donald S. L.
Steffens, Henry John
Spargo, P. E.
Smith, Crosbie W.
Sichau, C.
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Vistas in Astronomy
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
Technology and Culture
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Publishers
Science History
North Western Museum of Science and Industry
Concepts
Physics
Thermodynamics
Conservation of energy (physical concept)
International System of Units (SI)
Heating; ventilation
Pluralism (philosophy)
People
Joule, James Prescott
Mayer, Julius Robert von
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
Faraday, Michael
Watt, James
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
England
British Isles
Germany
Institutions
Royal Society (Great Britain). European Science Exchange Programme
Royal Society of London
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