Hot carbon : carbon-14 and a revolution in science /

There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. In Hot Carbon, John F. Marra tells the untold story of this scientific revolution, weaving together the workings of the many disciplines that employ carbon-14 with gripping tales of the individuals who pioneered its possibilities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marra, John F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Carbon > Isotopes.
Radiocarbon dating.
Radioactive dating.
Carbone > Isotopes.
Datation > Méthode du carbone 14.
Datation radioactive.
radiocarbon dating.
radioactive dating.
30.01 history of the exact sciences.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
SCIENCE > History.
Carbon > Isotopes
Radioactive dating
Radiocarbon dating
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Aboard the Research Vessel Endeavor, South of Iceland, May 1991; 1. Discovery; 2. Discovery's Wake; 3. The "Invisible Phenomenon"; 4. Dating; 5. Photosynthesis; 6. Calvin's Cycle; 7. Scintillations and Accelerations; 8. The Shroud of Turin and Other Relics; 9. Ocean Circulation; 10. Carbon-14 in the Ocean; 11. Ocean Fertility; 12. Resolution: Plankton Rate Processes in Oligotrophic Oceans; 13. Carbon-14 and Climate; Epilogue; Appendix 1. List of Nobel Prize Winners Mentioned; Appendix 2. The Periodic Table of Elements; Notes

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