“I choose the mountain for my own, and find it a fit companion for my thoughts.”

— John Tyndall

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About John Tyndall

Physicist • Irish

John Tyndall was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist known for his significant contributions to various scientific fields. He is most famous for his work on diamagnetism and for discovering the Tyndall effect,...

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