9780521261739-0521261732-Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin

Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin

ISBN-13: 9780521261739
ISBN-10: 0521261732
Author: Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise
Publication date: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 898 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521261739
ISBN-10: 0521261732
Author: Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise
Publication date: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 898 pages

Summary

Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin (ISBN-13: 9780521261739 and ISBN-10: 0521261732), written by authors Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1989. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Royalty (Leaders & Notable People, History & Philosophy, Physics, History of Technology, Technology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Royalty books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.51.

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This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science that Victorian physics expressed in its very content the industrial society that produced it.

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