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Section 11.2, page 354, Did You Know?
Kelvin Temperature Scale
Kelvin Temperature Scale
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| William Thomson (who became Lord Kelvin) and his brother didn’t go to school — their father taught them at home. But Kelvin still managed to graduate from university when he was 21, and he went on to make significant contributions to science. Read a short biography of Lord Kelvin here. ( http://www.chemcool.com/biography/kelvin.htm ) | ||
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| William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) | ||
| William Thomson was interested in many branches of math and science, and he learned a lot from the work of other researchers. Follow the links from here to find out how Lord Kelvin’s work relates to the work of his contemporaries. ( http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Thomson.html ) | ||
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