The Chronologers' Quest

The Chronologers' Quest
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 25
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ISBN-10 : 9781139457576
ISBN-13 : 1139457578
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Book Synopsis The Chronologers' Quest by : Patrick Wyse Jackson

Download or read book The Chronologers' Quest written by Patrick Wyse Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, and religious philosophers against geologists. The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, and from Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. The Chronologers' Quest is a readable account of the measurement of geological time. It will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background to students and scientists in a wide range of the Earth sciences.


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