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The Age of the Earth

by G. Brent Dalrymple

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This is a definitive, masterly history and synthesis of all that has been said (by theologians and scientists) and is known to science about the question, How old is the Earth? 'The best witness to the scientific argument that our planet is not thousands, nor even millions, but rather billions of years old.' -Science Books and Films 'This magnificent book . . . is both authoritative and delightfully written. . . . An enormously important book written by an expert for the general scientific public. . . . Must reading for all interested in the antiquity of nature.' -The Quarterly Review of Biology

Synopsis:

Accessible to scientist and general reader alike, this definitive history and synthesis serves as a complete source of information for all of the methods, ancient and modern, used to derive the age of the earth.

Synopsis:

A history of how scientists have worked out the age of the earth.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780804723312
Author:
Dalrymple, G. Brent
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Author:
Dalrymple, G.
Subject:
Geology
Subject:
Earth Sciences
Subject:
Earth
Subject:
Age
Subject:
Earth Sciences - Geology
Subject:
Earth Age.
Subject:
Geochronometry.
Edition Number:
1
Publication Date:
February 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Pages:
492
Dimensions:
9.04x6.07x1.20 in. 1.44 lbs.

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