Sir James Hopwood Jeans
1877 - 1946
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James Jeans worked on astronomy as well as thermodynamics, heat and other aspects of radiation.
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Mathematicians born in the same country
Additional Material in MacTutor
- James Jeans' Physics and Philosophy
- James Jeans addresses the British Association in 1934
- Obituary: The Times
| Honours awarded to James Jeans (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1906 |
| Royal Society Bakerian lecturer | 1917 |
| Royal Society Royal Medal | 1919 |
| Lunar features | Crater Jeans |
| Planetary features | Crater Jeans on Mars |
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