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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin was a British physicist born in 1824 in Ireland. He showed remarkable ability in mathematics from a young age, publishing his first scholarly paper at age 16. He went on to publish over 660 original papers and secure 70 patents over his career. Kelvin proposed the absolute temperature scale known as the Kelvin scale and contributed to the development of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Despite offers from top universities worldwide, Kelvin remained a professor at the University of Glasgow for over 50 years until his retirement. He died in 1907 and was buried alongside Isaac Newton.

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Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin was a British physicist born in 1824 in Ireland. He showed remarkable ability in mathematics from a young age, publishing his first scholarly paper at age 16. He went on to publish over 660 original papers and secure 70 patents over his career. Kelvin proposed the absolute temperature scale known as the Kelvin scale and contributed to the development of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Despite offers from top universities worldwide, Kelvin remained a professor at the University of Glasgow for over 50 years until his retirement. He died in 1907 and was buried alongside Isaac Newton.

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Lord Kelvin Commonly known as Lord Kelvin OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, PRSE, this British physcist was born with the name of William Thomson on June 26, 1824. He came from an Irish family in Belfast, Ireland where his father, James Thompson, worked as professor of mathematics and engineering at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. At a young age, Kelvin began to show remarkable ability in mathematics, therefore began his studies at Glasgow University around the age of 10. Young Thompson continued in his excellence publishing his first scholarly paper on mathematics at age 16 and later in his career he added 660 more original published papers, 70 patents and had the more initials of achievement than any other man in the United Kingdom. Kelvin, however, suffer some life threatening obstacles before entering the physics world, experiencing heart problems he nearly died when he was nine years of age. As a result, Kelvins father became the predominant influence to pursuit an elite education and at an early age he began to learn of mathematics and related subjects. Distinguished for his proposed absolute temperature scale, the Kelvin Scale, claiming that there was a lower limit to temperature (C or F), in Kelvins, absolute zero is reached. Alongside William Rankine, he also received praise for contributing to the development of the first and second laws of thermodynamics (dealing with energy conservation and entropy). In 1851, Kelvin argued that the key issue in the interpretation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics was the explanation of irreversible processes. He noted

that if entropy always increased, the universe would eventually reach a state of uniform temperature and maximum entropy from which it would not be possible to extract any work. Despite offers of elevated posts from top universities worldwide, Lord Kelvin refused to leave Glasgow, being there Professor of Natural Philosophy for more than 50 years, until his eventual retirement from that post. The Great Kelvin died on December 17, 1907 and had the prestigious opportunity to be buried alongside one of the most well known and respected physicists of all times, Isaac Newton. At a museum from the University of Glasgow, there lies an exhibition on the work of Lord Kelvin including many of his original papers, instruments and other artifacts.

There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement. Lord Kelvin

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