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Author Richet, Pascal.

Title A natural history of time / Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.7 RICHET    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  551.701 RICHET    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  551.7 RICHET    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 471 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-453) and index.
Contents Preface -- 1. Time without a beginning? -- 2. On the great book of Moses -- 3. Genesis as viewed through the prism of natural philosophy -- 4. Nature's admirable medals -- 5. The march of the comets -- 6. Heroic age, relative time -- 7. The long history of two barons -- 8. The elasticity of time -- 9. The Pandora's box of physics -- 10. The Sun, the Earth, radioactivity-- and Kelvin's death -- 11. The long quest of Arthur Holmes -- 12. From the atomic bomb to the age of the Earth -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Mathematical complements -- Source notes -- Suggestions for further reading and reference -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language Translated from the French.
Subject Geological time.
Earth (Planet) -- Age.
Added Title Âge du monde. English
ISBN 9780226712871 cloth alkaline paper
0226712877 cloth alkaline paper
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