| Title | Sir James Jeans : a biography |
| Author(s) | by E.A. Milne ; with a memoir by S.C. Roberts |
| Edition | First paperback edition |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Abstract Note | Originally published in 1952, this book by E. A. Milne examines the life and work of influential astrophysicist Sir James Jeans. The text includes reproductions of correspondence between Jeans and such luminaries as G. H. Hardy and G. E. Hale, and is introduced by a personal memoir by the publisher S. C. Roberts. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Jeans' work and the history of astrophysics |
| Contents Note | Merchant Taylors' and Cambridge -- Princeton, 1905-9 -- Return to England. The Adams Prize Essay, 1909-19 -- Secretary of the Royal Society, 1919-29 -- Popular exposition, 1929-30 -- Later years, 1931-46 -- Science in Jeans's boyhood -- The partition of energy -- Rotating fluid masses -- Star clusters -- The equilibrium of the stars -- Jeans and philosophy |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016) |
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| Item Type | Book |