| Автор | Andrew Whitaker |
| Дата выпуска | 2009-04-01 |
| dc.description | Kelvin interacted with many physicists and mathematicians with Irish connections, and these interactions are sketched. A number of suggestions of Irish or Irish-Scottish scientific traditions or networks are reviewed, but it is argued that the large number of interactions may be better explained just by the high quality of physics and mathematics in Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century. Kelvin's disapproval of science as carried out in Cambridge and London is discussed, and an attack by some of his followers on science at Oxford is also described. Finally a number of examples of Kelvin's most important work are outlined and some general features are pointed out; these include the willingness to tackle practical and engineering problems, and the ability to attempt to construct major syntheses, where appropriate taking note of religious themes, and drawing conclusions, positive or negative, on religious matters. These features are used to construct a highly tentative characterisation of a grouping of Irish and Scottish scientists centred largely round Kelvin. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Копирайт | © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd |
| Название | Is Kelvin representative of an "Irish tradition"? |
| Тип | paper |
| DOI | 10.1088/1742-6596/158/1/012006 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1742-6596 |
| Print ISSN | 1742-6588 |
| Журнал | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Том | 158 |
| Первая страница | 12006 |
| Последняя страница | 12031 |
| Аффилиация | Andrew Whitaker; Department of Physics, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland |
| Выпуск | 1 |
