Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin
Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise
This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science that Victorian physics expressed in its very content the industrial society that produced it.
Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography71 signalsBiography61 signalsGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyAward Category: Pfizer Award: History of Science -> ScienceScience & DiscoveryEmpire & ColonialismEnergy, Extraction & Resources
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1 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfizer Award: History of Science | 1990 | Winner | Secondary source |