Viii, 312 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First American Printing Of The Second Edition With 1934 Date On Title Page. Book Near Fine, Gilt Bright, No Marks. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Slight Wear And Browning. Per Wikipedia, Sir James Hopwood Jeans Om Frs ( 1877 ? 1946]) Was An English Physicist, Mathematician And An Astronomer. He Served As A Secretary Of The Royal Society From 1919 To 1929, And Was The President Of The Royal Astronomical Society From 1925 To 1927, And Won Its Gold Medal.Jeans Was Elected Fellow Of Trinity College In October 1901, And Taught At Cambridge, But Went To Princeton University In 1904 As A Professor Of Applied Mathematics. He Returned To Cambridge In 1910. From 1923 To 1944 He Was Associated With Caltech's Mount Wilson Observatory. He Made Important Contributions In Many Areas Of Physics, Including Quantum Theory, The Theory Of Radiation And Stellar Evolution. Jeans, Along With Arthur Eddington, Is A Founder Of British Cosmology. His Scientific Reputation Is Grounded In The Monographs The Dynamical Theory Of Gases (1904), Theoretical Mechanics (1906), And Mathematical Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism (1908). After Retiring In 1929, He Wrote A Number Of Books For The Lay Public. One Of Jeans's Major Discoveries, Named The Jeans Length, Is A Critical Radius Of An Interstellar Cloud In Space. It Depends On The Temperature, And Density Of The Cloud, And The Mass Of The Particles Composing The Cloud. A Cloud That Is Smaller Than Its Jeans Length Will Not Have Sufficient Gravity To Overcome The Repulsive Gas Pressure Forces And Condense To Form A Star, Whereas A Cloud That Is Larger Than Its Jeans Length Will Collapse. Jeans Came Up With Another Version Of This Equation, Called The Jeans Mass Or The Jeans Instability, That Solves For The Critical Mass A Cloud Must Attain Before Being Able To Collapse. Jeans Also Helped To Discover The Rayleigh?Jeans Law, Which Relates The Energy Density Of Black-Body Radiation To The Temperature Of The Emission Source. Jeans Is Also Credited With Calculating The Rate Of Atmospheric Escape From A Planet Due To Kinetic Energy Of The Gas Molecules, A Process Known As Jeans Escape.

Seller Inventory # 058501

Contact seller

Report this item

Bibliographic Details

Title

The New Background Of Science (Revised Edition, 1934)

Publisher

Macmillan, New York City Ny

Publication Date

1934

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First American Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good + Jacket

Seller catalogs

Science (general)

Store Description

Fine and unusual first editions and out of print books in all categories. Original photographs, Fine antiquarian and other original prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors. Motion picture and television scripts. Ephemera, Manuscripts and autographs. In business on the internet since 1999.

Visit Seller's Storefront

Association Member

Members of these associations are committed to maintaining the highest standards. They vouch for the authenticity of all items offered for sale. They provide expert and detailed descriptions, disclose all significant defects and/or restorations, provide clear and accurate pricing, and operate with fairness and honesty during the purchase experience.

Seller's business information

Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
CA, U.S.A.

Sale & Shipping Terms

Terms of Sale

All items are guaranteed to be fully described as to condition, with defects noted. Items are returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt, or later by mutual agreement; for returned items, prior telephone or e-mail notice is required, as well as proper packing and, if appropriate, insurance. When items are found to not be as described, we will pay reasonable return shipping costs from the country to which we originally sent the item or, if returned from the US, the actual return postage ...

More Information

Shipping Terms

Postage, handling and insurance are extra, at estimated cost and processing fee. Shipment at standard rates is for small to standard sized books via media mail within U.S., or via Priority Mail envelope overseas, with tracking. Standard shipping costs are based on books of standard size with shipping weight of 4 pounds or less; if a book order is heavier or oversized, extra shipping costs may be charged. Non-standard and higher-valued international shipments are charged estimated postage and shipping costs, including full insurance for all shipments valued over $200. The full purchase price is always indicated on the Customs statement.

Shipping rates within U.S.A.

Shipping rates within U.S.A.
Order quantity	5 to 14 business days	3 to 7 business days
First item	US$ 8.00	US$ 26.00

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.

Payment Methods

Check Money Order Cash

Add to Wants