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BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics Volume 27, 2012 - Issue 1
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The Popular lectures and addresses of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824–1907)

Alex D D Craik University of St Andrews
Pages 50-55 | Published online: 01 Feb 2012
 
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Abstract

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, was the best-known scientist of his day, an eminent natural philosopher, engineer, and mathematician. His Popular lectures and addresses cover many aspects of science in a non-technical way. After a general introduction on popular scientific writing, Kelvin's varied topics are listed, and just one is described in more detail: his lecture ‘On ship waves’. This paper was first presented at a colloquium at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow on Literature and Mathematics in May 2011.

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