Roland JacksonSep 12, 20182 minJohn Tyndall and John RuskinJohn Tyndall (c. 1822-1893) and John Ruskin (1819-1900), of similar ages, were both good friends and admirers of the older Thomas Carlyle, but they did not g...
Roland JacksonJul 4, 20182 minJohn Tyndall and Robert BunsenJohn Tyndall is known as a physicist rather than a chemist, but he had a greater regard for no German man than Robert Bunsen. In October 1848, Tyndall travel...
Roland JacksonMar 21, 20183 minConstructing a biographyRoland Jackson writes about how The Ascent of John Tyndall was conceived
Roland JacksonDec 4, 20172 minWhy John Tyndall?‘We live in the sky, not under it’. This beautiful phrase, revealing a person who experienced as well as understood the physical world, is one of many conjur...