The Chronologers' Quest
Patrick Wyse Jackson
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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This book investigates the methods used to determine the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, to Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson investigating radioactive dating of rocks. It will be of interest to those with little scientific background, and students and scientists in the Earth sciences.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521813327
- ISBN-10
- 0521813328
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-08-17
- Pages
- 310
- Dimensions
- 197x199x19
- Weight
- 620