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). This volume of his collected papers covers periodic orbits
and some miscellaneous papers, including two investigating the
health statistics of the marriage of first cousins - of interest to
a member of a dynasty in which such marriages were common.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences, Volume 4 |
| Release date: |
July 2009 |
| First published: |
July 2009 |
| Authors: |
George Howard Darwin
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 32 x 170mm (L x W x H) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
628 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-00447-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
Solar system >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-108-00447-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781108004473 |
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