Tyndall.
The life of great Irish natural philosopher John Tyndall was summed up adeptly in 2018 when the publishers of a major biography of him issued a “12 things you didn’t know . . .” about the scientist, mountaineer and public intellectual.
It was compiled by Oxford University Press to promote Roland Jackson’s superb account of the life of the scientist from Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow, who ascended from a hedge school-type education to the pinnacle of 19th century science and counted among his friends and collaborators many of the best-known scientists of that time, such as Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Michael Faraday and Louis Pasteur.
In less than 100 words, it encapsulates a life that goes far beyond scientific endeavour.
Kevin O'Sullivan, Environment & Science Editor at the Irish Times elaborates on this. as well as highlighting the bicentenary events planned for the coming months to celebrate this remarkable scientist. Read the full story here.