Sir James Jeans was an English physicist and
mathematician. In the lesson, 'The Dying Sun', he analyses the geographical
details of heavenly bodies of the
universe and the possibility of life in them.
With a comparison between the geographical area of the star and earth, he says that most of the stars are so larger than the earth .There are some immense stars, large enough to contain even millions of earths in each star and leave space in it. He adds that there are in numerous stars in the universe, like the total number of grains of sand on all the sea-shores of the world.
Secondly, He highlights how big, immense our universe is. He says that there is immense distance between the stars and it is very rare event that one star come near to another. With an excellent comparison between a star and a ship on an empty ocean, he says that an average star is well over a million miles away from its nearest star.
He systematically describes how the solar system came into existence, and about the results of it. In a detailed manner, he explains how the planets became cooler. He explains about the availability of life only on earth. He further explains about the gradual growth process of living organisms on earth, and about the establishment of human society on earth, their emotions, and religious beliefs.
James opines that we all find the universe frightening because of its immense distances between each heavenly body, because of the stretches of time which is so great that we cannot even imagine, because of our earth's extreme loneliness in the midst of this immense universe. Moreover to all these, we find the universe frightening as we are unable to find any other heavenly body like the earth, in which life exist in it. That is why, perhaps, he opines that "life does not seem to have any part in the plan of the universe except on earth".
He opines that most of the heavenly bodies are extremely hot and most of them are extremely cold, which is impossible to live in them. He remarks that we have a very narrow space in between the two belts of extreme hot and extreme cold.
With a comparison between the geographical area of the star and earth, he says that most of the stars are so larger than the earth .There are some immense stars, large enough to contain even millions of earths in each star and leave space in it. He adds that there are in numerous stars in the universe, like the total number of grains of sand on all the sea-shores of the world.
Secondly, He highlights how big, immense our universe is. He says that there is immense distance between the stars and it is very rare event that one star come near to another. With an excellent comparison between a star and a ship on an empty ocean, he says that an average star is well over a million miles away from its nearest star.
He systematically describes how the solar system came into existence, and about the results of it. In a detailed manner, he explains how the planets became cooler. He explains about the availability of life only on earth. He further explains about the gradual growth process of living organisms on earth, and about the establishment of human society on earth, their emotions, and religious beliefs.
James opines that we all find the universe frightening because of its immense distances between each heavenly body, because of the stretches of time which is so great that we cannot even imagine, because of our earth's extreme loneliness in the midst of this immense universe. Moreover to all these, we find the universe frightening as we are unable to find any other heavenly body like the earth, in which life exist in it. That is why, perhaps, he opines that "life does not seem to have any part in the plan of the universe except on earth".
He opines that most of the heavenly bodies are extremely hot and most of them are extremely cold, which is impossible to live in them. He remarks that we have a very narrow space in between the two belts of extreme hot and extreme cold.
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