Title: The Chronologer’s Quest: The Search for the Age of the Earth
Author: Jackson, Patrick Wyse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780521813327
Format: Hardcover, 291 pages
Edition: First Edition
Printing [if applicable]: Print On Demand
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Description: From the back cover: "The debate over the age of the Earth has been on-going for over 2000 years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists; religious philosophers against geologists. "The Chronologer's 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, 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 Claire Patterson into radiometric dating of rocks and minerals.
""The Chronologer's Quest" is a readable account of the measurement of geologic 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."
CONDITION: No internal defects observed. Light shelf-wear to laminate covers, store price sticker to back cover, else as new.
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