The Life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S.
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
ISBN-10
1108061591
ISBN-13
9781108061599
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 13th, 2013
Print length
444 Pages
Weight
614 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.40 x 2.80 cms
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Sir William Crookes (1832–1919) worked on a spectacular range of projects. He invented a radiometer, investigated spiritualism and even predicted nuclear fission. This 1923 biography explores Crookes' remarkable life through diary extracts and letters. It also includes a foreword by the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge.
In 1870, Sir William Crookes (1832–1919) travelled to Gibraltar to observe the solar eclipse. He kept a diary and produced beautiful accounts of the expedition - alongside altogether more specific observations, including the 656 steps down a local cliff face, and every item in his luggage. It is with the same meticulous approach and cheerful prose that he records, in letters, journal articles and reports, the successes and failures of the vast range of projects in which he was involved. Although initially trained as a chemist, Crookes worked across the spectrum of the sciences, from consulting on preventative measures against cattle plague through to investigating spiritualism. Opening with a foreword by the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, this biography by Edmund Edward Fournier d'Albe (1868–1933), first published in 1923, explores a remarkable life of enquiry through a host of first-hand sources.
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