XI Международная студенческая научная конференция Студенческий научный форум - 2019

Nowadays, the College Square in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, is just an unremarkable row of houses overlooking the shops on the street, which is the flow of cars. But it was in one of these houses that William Thomson was born on June 26, 1824, and later Lord Kelvin was perhaps the most prominent Victorian scientist.

He was one of the pioneers of modern physics, the Creator of the field of science, which is now called thermodynamics. He also estimated the age of the Earth, designed marine compasses and took a significant part in laying the first transatlantic Telegraph cable. William Thomson was a member of a galaxy of prominent 19th-century English physicists, including George Fitzgerald, James Joule, James Clerk Maxwell, and George Gabriel Stokes.

Thomson was educated at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge, and was Professor of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow from 1846 to 1899. He was elected a fellow of the Royal society in 1851, knighted in 1866, and received the title of peer and Lord Kelvin in 1892.having Lived a long and happy life, Lord Kelvin died on 17 December 1907 at his home near larg in Scotland at the age of 83.

In October 1841, 17-year-old Thomson entered St. Peter's College in Cambridge as a "pensioner", in other words, as a student, self-paying for their education. Teaching mathematics in the first year was at a very low level compared to what Thomson had already achieved. Indeed, by the time he entered Cambridge he had already published an article in the Cambridge mathematical journal in which he defended the mathematical rigor of Fourier series decomposition against the erroneous attacks of Edinburgh mathematician Philip Kelland. During his two years of Junior studies, Thomson wrote ten more papers, and soon he was already talked about as a student applying for first place in the final exams in mathematics.

First lecture as a Professor at the University of Glasgow Thomson read 4 Nov 1846 In which he gave an introductory overview of all the sections of physics for students enrolled in a course of natural philosophy. In a letter to Stokes, Thomson admitted that the first lecture was a failure. He had written it down completely beforehand and was always worried that he was reading too fast. But that didn't stop us from using the same record the following year and on every year for fifty years, with different inserts, corrections, and improvements. The students loved your famous Professor, although his ability to think, to see connections and analogies, put many to a standstill, especially when the Thompson's off the cuff put such arguments in the lecture.

First lecture as a Professor at the University of Glasgow Thomson read 4 Nov 1846 In which he gave an introductory overview of all the sections of physics for students enrolled in a course of natural philosophy. In a letter to Stokes, Thomson admitted that the first lecture was a failure. He had written it down completely beforehand and was always worried that he was reading too fast. But that didn't stop us from using the same record the following year and on every year for fifty years, with different inserts, corrections, and improvements. The students loved your famous Professor, although his ability to think, to see connections and analogies, put many to a standstill, especially when the Thompson's off the cuff put such arguments in the lecture.

First lecture as a Professor at the University of Glasgow Thomson read 4 Nov 1846 In which he gave an introductory overview of all the sections of physics for students enrolled in a course of natural philosophy. In a letter to Stokes, Thomson admitted that the first lecture was a failure. He had written it down completely beforehand and was always worried that he was reading too fast. But that didn't stop us from using the same record the following year and on every year for fifty years, with different inserts, corrections, and improvements. The students loved your famous Professor, although his ability to think, to see connections and analogies, put many to a standstill, especially when the Thompson's off the cuff put such arguments in the lecture.

In 1892, at the age of 68, Thomson became a peer and received the title of Baron Kelvin of larg. The title was chosen by him by the name of a small river flowing near the University of Glasgow and flowing into the Clyde. Four years later, it was solemnly celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his work as a Professor. He retired three years later, in 1899, but in accordance with his restless character immediately enrolled at the University as a research student/

Lord Kelvin died on 17 December 1907.

A deep understanding of the laws of physics, mathematical skill, thoroughness of experimental work, coupled with constant enthusiasm and dedication to science, allowed William Thomson to make a significant contribution to all the problems that attracted his attention. He was the king of Victorian physics and is reposed at Westminster Abbey near sir Isaac Newton.

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