Part one of term paper
William Thomson (later ) was arguably the most famous member of the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He was born on the 26 June 1824 in Belfast Ireland, and was part of a large family whose mother died when he was aged six. His father taught Kelvin and his brothers mathematics to a level beyond that of univers ...

Part two of term paper
... heavily criticized by British scientists. He showed that Fourier's mathematics could be applied to other physical phenomena other than that of heat flow, where it was original applied. At the age of fifteen Kelvin wrote an essay which he called "An Essay on the Figure of Earth." Kelvin used this essay as a source and inspiration for ideas all of his life and won an award from the University. In 1841 he entered the University of Cambridge, graduating with a B.A honors degree four years later. Kelvin ...