Archive for February, 2012

Great Scientists of Co Waterford

Co Waterford in Ireland’s ‘sunny southeast’ has produced some of its greatest ever scientists. Robert Boyle, born in Lismore, is considered one of the founding fathers of modern chemistry, and is famously remembered for Boyle’s Law, which says that pressure and volume, in a gas, are inversely proportional. Ireland’s only ever Nobel Laureate in science, [...]

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Great Scientists of Co Offaly

Co Offaly, highlighted on the map on the right, might commonly be associated with our former Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, or great All-Ireland winning hurling and gaelic football teams, but it is not often associated with producing famous scientists. Fact is, though, that this small midlands county, with a current population of just 76,806 (2011 Census) [...]

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