Sir George Darwin (1845-1912) was the second son and fifth child of
Charles Darwin. After studying mathematics at Cambridge he read for
the Bar, but soon returned to science and to Cambridge, where in
1883 he was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy and
Experimental Philosophy. His family home is now the location of
Darwin College. His work was concerned primarily with the effect of
the sun and moon on tidal forces on Earth, and with the theoretical
cosmogony which evolved from practical observation: he formulated
the fission theory of the formation of the moon (that the moon was
formed from still-molten matter pulled away from the Earth by solar
tides). He also developed a theory of evolution for the
Sun-Earth-Moon system based on mathematical analysis in geophysical
theory. This volume of his collected papers covers oceanic tides
and lunar disturbances of gravity.
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