Scientific Papers V2: Tidal Friction And Cosmogony (1907) is a book written by George Howard Darwin, a British mathematician and astronomer. The book is a collection of scientific papers written by Darwin, which focus on the topics of tidal friction and cosmogony.The first part of the book deals with tidal friction, which is the phenomenon where the gravitational pull of the moon causes the Earth's rotation to slow down. Darwin's papers explore the...