Harold Jeffreys Quote

The problem of the origin and development of the solar system suffers from the label "speculative." It is frequently said that as we were not there when the system was formed, we cannot legitimately arrive at any idea as to how it was formed.


In: B. Gutenberg (ed.), Internal Constitution of the Earth


The problem of the origin and development of the solar system suffers from the label speculative. It is frequently said that as we were not there...

The problem of the origin and development of the solar system suffers from the label speculative. It is frequently said that as we were not there...

The problem of the origin and development of the solar system suffers from the label speculative. It is frequently said that as we were not there...

The problem of the origin and development of the solar system suffers from the label speculative. It is frequently said that as we were not there...