Through space and time
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Through space and time
(Cambridge library collection, . Mathematical sciences)
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Through space & time
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1934
"Based on the Royal Institution lectures, Christmas, 1933"--Original t.p
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Through Space and Time is based upon the 1933 Christmas Lectures that James Jeans gave at the Royal Institution, London. Intended to appeal to a wide readership and presenting a broad understanding of the Earth, solar system and the universe, the book begins its journey with the history, structure and main features of our planet, and ends in the vast expanses of space among the nebulae.
Table of Contents
- 1. The earth
- 2. The air
- 3. The sky
- 4. The moon
- 5. The planets
- 6. The sun
- 7. The stars
- 8. The nebulae.
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