The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N930.1/89
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English
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249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- The calendars of the classic Maya -- Precession, polaris, and the age of the pyramids -- The physics of carbon-14 -- Calibrating carbon-14 dates and the history of the air -- Carbon-14 and the peopling of the new world -- Potassium, argon, dna, and walking upright -- Molecular dating...
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2007.
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"Covering a wide range of timescales, from the Big Bang to human history, The Age of Everything helps bring the distant past closer to us than it has ever been. Hedman's book is a provocative and far-ranging look at how science has determined the age of everything from modern mammals to the oldest stars, and will be indispensable for all armchair t...
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The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N930.1/89
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74VK3GzbpQAl
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0226322920 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226322926 (cloth : alk. paper)
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930.1
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991023833269702626
