The Home Life of Sir David BrewsterCambridge University Press, 10 jun 2010 - 460 páginas The Home Life of Sir David Brewster, originally published in 1869, records the remarkable life of inventor, physicist, mathematician and astronomer, Sir David Brewster (1781-1868). Written by his daughter, Mrs Margaret M. Gordon, the book is aimed at a non-academic audience, and details the extraordinary life and work of this amazing scientist, who began his studies at Edinburgh University at the age of just twelve, and who is best known for his invention of the kaleidoscope and of the apparatus that initially formed the structure of the core of the lighthouse, and thus his work on the polarization of light. Mrs. Gordon cites Brewster's many activities, including the publication of over 2,000 scientific papers, though she stresses that she has written about her father as the man, and not the scientist. The book will appeal to anyone interested in the life and career of this undoubtedly brilliant Scotsman. |
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CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 10 |
CHAPTER III | 19 |
THE STUDENT | 35 |
SETTLING IN LIFE | 53 |
Hard workEncyclopaediaLetter to VeitchDr ChalmersPoly | 75 |
NOTES OF LIFE FROM 1814 TO 1824 | 94 |
CHAPTER VIII | 109 |
North British ReviewPrincipal TullochExeter HallWelling | 178 |
CHAPTER XIII | 197 |
CHAPTER XIV | 229 |
Plurality of WorldsCliftonBirminghamProofsheetsFrench | 245 |
CHAPTER XVI | 259 |
DifficultiesSt AndrewsSuccess in EdinburghSuperstition | 289 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 310 |
CHAPTER XIX | 328 |
NOTES OF LIFE FROM 1824 TO 1830 | 132 |
Lord Bacons ProphecyDecline of ScienceBritish Association | 141 |
NOTES OF LIFE FROM 1836 TO 1844 | 161 |
NOTES OF LIFE FROM 1864 TO 1867 | 359 |
Increase of FaithRecollections of Rev Dr PhinLetter to Pro | 391 |
APPENDIX | 417 |
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