Irish Philosophy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/JohnTyndall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnTyndall</span></a> physicist and philosopher, defender of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Darwinism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Darwinism</span></a> (most notably in his <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BelfastAddress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BelfastAddress</span></a>), died <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> 4 Dec 1893.</p><p>He was the first scientist to explain &quot;why is the sky blue.&quot; He also conducted the first study of London pollution and opened up public debate into the greenhouse effect on earth&#39;s atmosphere. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p><p>On Tyndall&#39;s Belfast Address : <a href="https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=bernard-lightman-on-tyndalls-belfast-address-1874" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">branchcollective.org/?ps_artic</span><span class="invisible">les=bernard-lightman-on-tyndalls-belfast-address-1874</span></a></p><p>Bio: <a href="https://www.dib.ie/biography/tyndall-john-a8696" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dib.ie/biography/tyndall-john-</span><span class="invisible">a8696</span></a></p><p>Image from <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Tyndall_(ca._1885).jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/F</span><span class="invisible">ile:John_Tyndall_(ca._1885).jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPhilosophyOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IrishPhilosophyOTD</span></a></p>