Sir James Jeans may be numbered among adherents to the 

 later scientific school which teaches that the universe around us 

 is more than a mechanical structure. He refers to it as a Great 

 Thought, the work of the Supreme Architect, the Master 

 Mathematician. Yet he is not prepared to make definite state- 

 ments as to the attributes and methods of this creative reality. 

 He was born in London, in 1877, son of W. T. Jeans, and re- 

 ceived his academic training at Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 where he has been a fellow and university lecturer in mathemat- 

 ics. He was professor of applied mathematics in Princeton Uni- 

 versity, 1905 to 1909; and Stokes lecturer in applied mathemat- 

 ics in the University of Cambridge, 1910 to 1912. His publi- 

 cations include articles and books on mechanics, magnetism, 

 electricity, mathematics and cosmogony. With publication of 

 The Universe Around Us, in 1929; and more particularly, with 

 The Mysterious Universe, in 1 930, Dr. Jeans took a place in the 

 front rank of those scientists who are applying to scientific fact 

 metaphysical reasoning. 



