Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth /

Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. "Anyone interested in geologic time, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burchfield, Joe D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Edición:University of Chicago Press ed.
Temas:
Kelvin, William Thomson, > Baron, > 1824-1907.
Kelvin, William Thomson, > Baron, > 1824-1907
Kelvin, William Thomson, > (1824-1907; > baron)
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Planets > Age
GEOLOGIA HISTORICA.
Terre > Âge.
Earth (Planet) > Age.
Earth (Planet)
Geology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; I. Introduction; II. Kelvin and the Physics of Time; III. Kelvin's Influence: The Initial Reception; IV. The Triumph of Limited Time; V. Opposition and Controversy; VI. Radioactivity and the Age of the Earth; VII. Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

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