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Dating Game : One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth by Cherry Lewis (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Dating Game : One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth, Paperback by Lewis, Cherry, ISBN 1107659590, ISBN-13 9781107659599, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107659590
ISBN-139781107659599
eBay Product ID (ePID)113467709
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Book TitleDating Game : One Man's Search for the Age Of the Earth
Number of Pages268 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEarth Sciences / Geology, Earth Sciences / General
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorCherry Lewis
Book SeriesCanto Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
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Reviews'… a gripping tale to tell … I would recommend it … to anyone who has the slightest interest in how our planet came to be the way it is.' John Gribbin, The Sunday Times, '... a gripping tale to tell ... I would recommend it ... to anyone who has the slightest interest in how our planet came to be the way it is.' John Gribbin, The Sunday Times
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal551.7/01
Table Of Content1. Prelude to the game; 2. A brief history of time; 3. Darwin's sorest trouble; 4. Mysterious rays; 5. Doomsday postponed; 6. Holidays in Mozambique; 7. This vegetable prison; 8. A brimful of promise; 9. Liquid gold in Yenangyaung; 10. Durham days; 11. The Ardnamurchan affair; 12. Rewards and retributions; 13. Why does the sun shine?; 14. The age of uranium; 15. The age of the Earth; 16. Loose ends; Thanks and acknowledgements; Selected bibliography.
SynopsisIn this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the Earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts., In this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the Earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. When it was deeply unfashionable to do so in the early twentieth century, he spent many years trying to prove the great antiquity of the Earth, stating that it was 'perhaps a little indelicate to ask of our Mother Earth her age, but science acknowledges no shame'. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.
LC Classification NumberQE508 .L48 2012
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