biography
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Jeans, Sir James (Hopwood)
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pronunciation:
[jeenz]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1877–1946)
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| biography:
| Astrophysicist and popularizer of science, born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He taught at Cambridge (1904–5, 1910–12) and Princeton (1905–9), where he was professor of applied mathematics, then became a research associate at Mt Wilson Observatory, Pasadena until 1944. He made important contributions to the theory of gases, quantum theory, and stellar evolution, and became widely known for his popular exposition of physical and astronomical theories. He was knighted in 1928. |
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