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"Lindley deftly interweaves accounts of Thomson's scientific career, his relations with his contemporaries, and his personal life, always cocking an eye to the larger historical picture. Sympathetic study of a man whose achievements were overshadowed by his inability to understand how science was changing."Lindley, David is the author of 'Degrees Kelvin A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy' with ISBN 9780309090735 and ISBN 0309090733.
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