Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PUBLISHERS' NOTE
- Contents
- MEMOIR
- I Merchant Taylors' and Cambridge
- II Princeton, 1905–9
- III Return to England. The Adams Prize Essay, 1909–19
- IV Secretary of the Royal Society, 1919–29
- V Popular Exposition, 1929–30
- VI Later Years, 1931–46
- VII Science in Jeans's Boyhood
- VIII The Partition of Energy
- IX Rotating Fluid Masses
- X Star Clusters
- XI The Equilibrium of the Stars
- XII Jeans and Philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PUBLISHERS' NOTE
- Contents
- MEMOIR
- I Merchant Taylors' and Cambridge
- II Princeton, 1905–9
- III Return to England. The Adams Prize Essay, 1909–19
- IV Secretary of the Royal Society, 1919–29
- V Popular Exposition, 1929–30
- VI Later Years, 1931–46
- VII Science in Jeans's Boyhood
- VIII The Partition of Energy
- IX Rotating Fluid Masses
- X Star Clusters
- XI The Equilibrium of the Stars
- XII Jeans and Philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- Sir James JeansA Biography, pp. 167 - 171Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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