The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Oceanic Tides and Lunar Disturbance of Gravity

George Howard Darwin

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Oceanic Tides and Lunar Disturbance of Gravity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
20 July 2009
Pages
488
ISBN
9781108004428

The Scientific Papers of Sir George Darwin: Oceanic Tides and Lunar Disturbance of Gravity

George Howard Darwin

Sir George Darwin (1845-1912) was the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin. After studying mathematics at Cambridge he read for the Bar, but soon returned to science and to Cambridge, where in 1883 he was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy. His family home is now the location of Darwin College. His work was concerned primarily with the effect of the sun and moon on tidal forces on Earth, and with the theoretical cosmogony which evolved from practical observation: he formulated the fission theory of the formation of the moon (that the moon was formed from still-molten matter pulled away from the Earth by solar tides). He also developed a theory of evolution for the Sun-Earth-Moon system based on mathematical analysis in geophysical theory. This volume of his collected papers covers oceanic tides and lunar disturbances of gravity.

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