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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2010

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In giving a course of recent wireless talks, I assumed that my listeners had no previous scientific knowledge of any kind, and tried to introduce them to the fascination of modern astronomy and to the wonder of the universe we see through the giant telescopes of to-day.

The present book contains these talks expanded to double their original length, still in the informal conversational style and simple non-technical language of wireless talks. It is totally unambitious, aiming only at providing an easy, readable and not over-serious introduction to the most poetical of the sciences.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009
First published in: 1931

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  • PREFACE
  • James Jeans
  • Book: Stars in Their Courses
  • Online publication: 05 October 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511694431.001
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  • PREFACE
  • James Jeans
  • Book: Stars in Their Courses
  • Online publication: 05 October 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511694431.001
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  • PREFACE
  • James Jeans
  • Book: Stars in Their Courses
  • Online publication: 05 October 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511694431.001
Available formats
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