3 quotes by John Tyndall (1820-1893), Irish (Physicist)

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Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence is composed of the same particles.

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The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact.

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Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

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John Tyndall

Born: August 2, 1820
Died: December 4, 1893
Nationality: Irish
Profession: Physicist

Biography

John Tyndall FRS was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859.

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