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James Jeans

James Jeans

British mathematician and astronomer

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Birthdate
September 11, 1877
Birthplace
Ormskirk
Ormskirk
Date of Death
September 16, 1946
Place of Death
Dorking
Dorking
Author of
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Le mystérieux univers
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An introduction to the kinetic theory of gases
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Through space & time, by Sir James Jeans
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Eos, or the wider aspects of cosmogony
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Report on radiation and the quantum-theory
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The growth of physical science
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The new background of science
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The stars in their courses
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Educated at
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Physicist
Physicist
Mathematician
Mathematician
Writer
Writer
Astronomer
Astronomer
Scientist
Scientist
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00000001212823160
Open Library ID
OL166245A0
VIAF
369995290

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Doctoral Advisor
E. T. Whittaker
E. T. Whittaker
Doctoral Students
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Ronald Fisher

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Birth Name
James Hopwood Jeans
Citizenship
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Wikidata ID
Q315545
Overview

James Hopwood Jeans was a British mathematician , physicist , astronomer , and writer . He was born in Ormskirk, United Kingdom, on September 11, 1877 and held citizenship in the United Kingdom . Jeans received his education from Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Cambridge . His doctoral advisor was E. T. Whittaker , and among his doctoral students was Ronald Fisher . James Jeans passed away in Dorking on September 16, 1946 .

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