The Universe Around Us
by James Jeans
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jeans, James, 1877-1946
- Title
- The universe around us
- Original Publication
- Cambridge: University Press, 1929, pubdate 1930.
- Credits
- deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Cosmogony
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 76356
- Release Date
- June 22, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE UNIVERSE AROUND US
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
- 6.Untitled
- 7.INTRODUCTION The Study of Astronomy
- 8.CHAPTER I Exploring the Sky — THE SOLAR SYSTEM — THE GALACTIC SYSTEM — NEBULAE — THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS — THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EPOCH — GROUPS OF STARS AND BINARY SYSTEMS — VARIABLE STARS — SOUNDING SPACE — THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE — THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY — A MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE
- 9.CHAPTER II Exploring the Atom — ATOMIC THEORY — MOLECULES — ATOMS — RADIO-ACTIVITY — RADIATION — ATOMIC NUCLEI — QUANTUM THEORY — THE MECHANICAL EFFECTS OF RADIATION — HIGHLY PENETRATING RADIATION
- 10.CHAPTER III Exploring in Time — THE AGE OF THE EARTH — THE AGES OF THE STARS — THE SUN’S RADIATION — THE SOURCE OF STELLAR ENERGY
- 11.CHAPTER IV Carving out the Universe — GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY — THE BIRTH OF THE GREAT NEBULAE — THE BIRTH OF STARS — THE BIRTH OF BINARY SYSTEMS — THE DEVELOPMENT OF BINARY SYSTEMS — THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- 12.CHAPTER V Stars — THE VARIETY OF STARS — THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE STARS — THE INTERNAL CONSTITUTION OF THE STARS — RUSSELL’S HYPOTHESIS — THE HYPOTHESIS OF LIQUID STARS — THE STABILITY OF STELLAR STRUCTURES — STELLAR STRUCTURE — STELLAR EVOLUTION
- 13.CHAPTER VI Beginnings and Endings — THERMODYNAMICS — THE FINAL END OF THE UNIVERSE — THE BEGINNINGS OF THE UNIVERSE — LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE — THE EARTH AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS
- 14.INDEX
- 15.Untitled
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