TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jackson,Roland
TI  - The ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian scientist, mountaineer, and public intellectual 
SN  - 9780198788959 (hardback)
U1  - 530.092 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Tyndall, John,
KW  - Physicists
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Scientists
KW  - History
KW  - Victoria, 1837-1901
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colourful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physicist, and mountaineer, who ascended from humble beginnings to the heart of Victorian society
ER  -