Tidal Hypothesis of James Jeans | Tides| Geography
Sir James Jeans, a British scientist, propounded his 'tidal hypothesis' to explain the origin of the earth in the year 1919 while another British scientist, Harold Jeffreys, suggested modifications in the 'tidal hypothesis' in 1929 and thus made it more relevant and significant in the context of increasing knowledge of the cosmogonic ideas of the 1st quarter of the 20th [...]