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504 Q171.J37 The Mysterious Universe is a book by the British astrophysicist, first published in 1930 by the. In the United States, it was published. The book is an expanded version of the delivered at the in 1930. It begins with a full-page citation of the famous passage in 's, Book VII, laying out the.

The book made frequent reference to the of, begun by in 1900, to 's, and to the new theories of of and, of whose philosophical perplexities the author seemed well aware. The book was denounced by the Cambridge philosopher, because 'Jeans has written a book called The Mysterious Universe and I loathe it and call it misleading.

Take the title.I might say that the title The Mysterious Universe includes a kind of idol worship, the idol being Science and the Scientist.' A second edition appeared in 1931. The book was reprinted 15 times between 1930 and 1938 and in September 2007 ( ). Contents. Foreword.

THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO SIR JAMES JEANS. Article first published online: 27 JUL 2007. DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.1931.tb04959.x. Get PDF (354K) First page of article. Get PDF (354K) Get PDF (354K) More content like this. Find more content: like this article; Find more content written by: W.

The Dying Sun. The New World of Modern Physics. Matter and Radiation. Relativity and the Ether.

Into the Deep Waters. Index There are two pages of photographic plates:.

'The Depths of Space,' taken with the;. 'The Diffraction of Light and of Electrons,' bearing out the wave nature of and predicted. The US edition has woodcut illustrations by the painter. References. Sir James Jeans 1938 (reprint of 1931 edition of 1930 book): The Mysterious Universe, vii. Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius.

Jonathan Cape Ltd; London. External links. (3 April 2015). The Guardian.

Retrieved 18 June 2015. Stetson, Harlan T. (16 January 1931).

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