C. V. Boys (1855–1944)
Author of Soap Bubbles: Their Colors and Forces Which Mold Them
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Image credit: C.V. Boys [credit: A. C. Cooper]
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- Legal name
- Boys, Charles Vernon
- Birthdate
- 1855-03-15
- Date of death
- 1944-03-30
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Royal School of Mines
University of Cambridge
Marlborough College - Occupations
- scientist
inventor
professor
author
physicist - Organizations
- Royal Society (Fellow | 1888)
Physical Society
Roentgen Society
Royal College of Science
University of London - Awards and honors
- Knight Bachelor (1935)
Royal Medal (1896)
Rumford Medal (1924)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1939) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Wing, Rutland, England, UK
- Place of death
- St Mary Bourne, Hampshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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One of the minor classics of popular science. Plenty of excellent demonstrations, with an appendix showing how to do some of the more difficult ones. I particularly like the one where Boys shows how a sound may be amplified by making a stream of water break up into beads.
This is a wonderful book. If you ever have to introduce experiments and science to a young person, this is a great place to start.
A classic. Dated but fascinating.
Published by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. A classic popular science text, delivered as a series of Christmas lectures at the Royal Institution in 1889-90. Excellent engravings of disembodied hands holding apparatus.
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.2
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- ISBNs
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