“Lord Kelvin was a towering presence in the world of physics for more than half a century. He played a defining role in its emergence as a distinct subject and has often been called the last of the ...

This year marks the bicentenary of the birth of William Thomson, aka Lord Kelvin, arguably the most influential scientist of the 19th century, and perhaps beyond. He was a master at combining ...

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Over an illustrious career spanning decades, William Thomson, the 1st Baron Kelvin, made tremendous contributions to the mathematical analysis of electricity, and formulation of the first and second ...

Today is Monday, June 26, the 177th day of 2006 with 188 to follow. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (or Lord Kelvin), OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was an Irish-born ...

THE task of the biographer is, in several respects, a very different one from that of the scientific historian. Indeed, it may be affirmed with some shadow of truth that the best biography belongs to ...

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, made enormous contributions to science and technology, in particular his work on the foundations of thermodynamics, in the development of the first successful ...

THE hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, was commemorated in Glasgow and elsewhere on June 2?. Although Glasgow was the scene of Lord Kelvin's life-work he was ...