|
|
|
Item Details
Title:
|
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN TYNDALL
THE CORRESPONDENCE, MAY 1840-AUGUST 1843 |
Volume: |
Volume I |
By: |
Geoffrey Cantor (Editor), Gowan Dawson (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
|
£113.50 |
Our price: |
£96.48 |
Discount: |
|
You save:
|
£17.02 |
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0822944707 |
ISBN 13: |
9780822944706 |
Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
Delivery
rates
|
Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 September, 2016 |
Series: |
The Correspondence of John Tyndall |
Pages: |
544 |
Synopsis: |
The 230 letters in this inaugural volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall chart Tyndall's emergence into early adulthood, spanning from his arrival in Youghal in May 1840 as a civil assistant with just a year's experience working on the Irish Ordnance Survey to his pseudonymous authorship of an open letter to the prime minister, Robert Peel, protesting the pay and conditions on the English Survey in August 1843. The letters, which include Tyndall's earliest extant correspondence, encompass some of the most significant events of the early 1840s. Tyndall's correspondents also discuss their experiences of British military expansion in India and economic migration to North America, among other topics. The letters show the development of many of the traits and talents, both mathematical and literary, that would subsequently make Tyndall one of most prominent men of science in Victorian Britain. They also afford broader insights into a period of almost unprecedented social upheaval and cultural and technological change that ultimately shaped Tyndall's development into adulthood. |
Illustrations: |
5 b&w Illustrations |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|