The Tyndall Correspondence Project

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The Tyndall Correspondence Project (of which I am a participant) has now gone online. Our aim is to follow in the footsteps of the Darwin Correspondence Project and transcribe the letters of the Irish physicist, John Tyndall. The site is a little bare at the moment, but more information and resources will be forthcoming.

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The weekend version of the Wall Street Journal (sorry, sub reqd) included John Gribbins' list of influential science books that also make for good literature.
First there was the Darwin Correspondence Project. Then came the Tyndall Correspondence Project.
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Not yet. I'm waiting to see if we can get the NSF money to support a student.

By John Lynch (not verified) on 23 Nov 2008 #permalink

I'll be interested to read more on this as it progresses. My only interaction with Tyndall was as a biographer of Faraday.

John, looking forward to the Tyndall site. When do you think we'll be seeing some content? Michael

Michael,

No real idea. Transcription of the letters has only just got really started.