William Thomson
3 results

Call for greater recognition of George Stokes’s contribution to science
- Environment
- August 13, 2019, 02:55
Ireland should do much more to recognise “the immense contribution to the world of science” made by mathematician and physicist George Gabriel Stokes (...)

Will the Earth’s poles soon switch? And what would it mean?
- Science
- July 7, 2019, 14:42
You may not be aware but the North Pole is moving. Scientists recently announced that the pole appears to be migrating faster, at about 40km-50km per (...)

That’s Maths: tides are a tug-of-war between Earth, moon and sun
- Science
- August 2, 2018, 01:00
All who set a sail, cast a hook or take a dip have a keen interest in the water level, and the regular ebb and flow of the tides. At most places the t(...)