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1850
John Tyndall was an Irish physicist who made many contributions in many fields of science in his time. After getting his PhD in 1850, Tyndall began his work in the field of diamagnetism, which helped his career and made him a big name. He worked along side big names in the field such as Michael Faraday. Tyndall studied the effects of magnetic forces acting as couples. -
1859
Tyndall is considered to be one of the “co-founder's of climate change”. He studied and explained how certain gases absorbed heat. Although others had understood the effect earlier, Tyndall seemingly appears to be the first to name the specific gases and describe the process of the effect. A direct quote from Tyndall is, "Thus the atmosphere admits of the entrance of solar heat; but checks its exit, and the result is a tendency to accumulate heat at the surface of the planet". -
1859
Tyndall discovered the Tyndall phenomenon which explains the how lights diffuses against large molecules and dust particles. Through this effect, he was able to describe why the sky is blue, or why we see it that way. Very interesting stuff. I have included a link to a youtube video demonstrating the Tyndall effect in various liquids.
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1874
John Tyndall's contribution to philosophy of science, well one of many, as I have read so far in class reminds me of scientism. He argued that religion had no place in understanding the natural world, but that it met people's emotional needs. According to the article from the Conversation, he was quoted saying “All schemes and systems which thus infringe upon the domain of science must, insofar as they do this, submit to its control, and relinquish all thought of controlling it.”.