Abstract
THE course of development of suns and planets from the primitive nebula to planetary death is discussed in this book. It deals first with the Galaxy, describing the conclusions of Wolf, Easton, Seeliger, Charlier, and Shapley on its extent and structure. The author ascribes the two great star streams to the interpenetration of two cosmic clouds, the rapid rotational motion of certain nebulae that is revealed by the spectroscope being supposed to arise from the collision of nebulous masses in the course of this interpenetration. He holds that the dark regions in the Galaxy have been swept clear by the passage of cosmic clouds.
Le Destin des Etoiles: Etudes d'Astronomic Physique.
By Svante Arrhenius. Traduction francaise par T. Seyrig. (Nouvelle Collection scientifique.) Pp. v+224. (Paris: Félix Alcan, 1921.) 8 francs net.
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CROMMELIN, A. Le Destin des Etoiles: Etudes d'Astronomic Physique . Nature 108, 207 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108207a0
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