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.
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Earth (Planet) -- Age.
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Added Title |
Âge du monde. English
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ISBN |
9780226712871 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226712877 cloth alkaline paper |
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