The dating game : one man's search for the age of the earth /

How old is the Earth? At the end of the 19th century, geologists, biologists, physicists and astronomers were all looking for a clock that would provide an answer to this greatest time question of all. Here is the story of one man's vision in developing a geological time scale that would finall...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Cherry, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Canto classics.
Temas:
Holmes, Arthur, > 1890-1965.
Holmes, Arthur, > 1890-1965
Holmes, Arthur > 1890-1965
Geological time.
Géochronologie.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Planets > Age
Geological time
Erde.
Altersbestimmung
Earth (Planet) > Age.
Terre > Âge.
Earth (Planet)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude to the Game
  • A Brief History of Time
  • Darwin's Sorest Trouble
  • Mysterious Rays
  • Doomsday Postponed
  • Holidays in Mozambique
  • This Vegetable Prison
  • A Brimful of Promise
  • Liquid Gold in Yenangyaung
  • Durham Days
  • The Ardnamurchan Affair
  • Rewards and Retributions
  • Why does the Sun Shine?
  • The Age of Uranium
  • The Age of the Earth
  • Loose Ends.

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