Synopses & Reviews
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? It explains in a simple and straightforward way the evidence and logic that have led scientists to conclude that the Earth and the other parts of the Solar System are not several
thousand years old, as some today would have it, but four and one-half
billion years old.
It is a fascinating story, but not so simple as single measurement. Our universe is a large, old, and complicated place. Earth and other bodies have endured a long and sometimes violent history, the events of which have frequently obscured the record that we seek to decipher. Although in detail the journey into Earth's past requires considerable scientific skill, knowledge, and imagination, the story is not so complicated that it cannot be explained to someone who wants to know and understand the basic evidence. This book, then, has been written for people with some modest background in science, but at a level that will allow the material to be useful and accessible to those without a deep knowledge of geology or physics or mathematics.
Review
"The magnificent book fills a need to present the overwhelming and totally convincing evidence that the Earth, the Moon, meteorites, and the solar system are old. . . . Dalrymple is one of the major scientists in the field, writing from firsthand knowledge and experience. His book is both authoritative and delightfully written. . . . This is an enormously important book written by an expert for the general scientific public. It is must reading for all interested in the antiquity of nature."
The Quarterly Review of Biology
Review
"Dalrymple expertly weaves the many disparate and delicate lines of argument into a robust whole. His achievement is remarkable, a marvel surpassed only by the mute testimony of the rocks themselves."
The Sciences
Synopsis
“...Dalrymple authoritatively unfolds the evidence for an Earth that is billions of years old.”—Science & Theology News
Synopsis
A history of how scientists have worked out the age of the earth.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
G. Brent Dalrymple is Research Geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. He is the co-author of Potassium-Argon Dating.