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Sir George Darwin (1845-1912) was the second son 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 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, published in 1916 after the author's death,
includes a biographical memoir by his brother Sir Francis Darwin,
his inaugural lecture and his lectures on George W. Hill's lunar
theory.
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