The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. It investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, to Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson exploring the radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. This book will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background, to students and scientists in a wide range of the earth sciences.
The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. It investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, to Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson exploring the radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. This book will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background, to students and scientists in a wide range of the earth sciences.
Patrick Wyse Jackson is a lecturer in Geology and curator of the Geological Museum in Trinity College, Dublin, and is a member of the International Commission on the History of Geology.
Inhaltsangabe
List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowldegements; 1. The ancients: early chronologies; 2. Biblical calculations; 3. Models of Aristolean infinity and Sacred theories of the Earth; 4. Falling stones, salty oceans, and evaporating waters: early empirical measurements of the age of the Earth; 5. Thinking in layers: early ideas in stratigraphy; 6. An infinite and cyclical Earth and religious orthodoxy; 7. The cooling Earth; 8. Stratigraphic laws, uniformitarianism and the development of the geological column; 9.'Formed stones'and their subsequent role in biostratigraphy and evolutionary theory; 10. The hour-glass of accumulated or denuded sediments; 11. Thermodynamics and the cooling Earth revisited; 12. Oceanic salination reconsidered; 13. Radioactivity: invisible geochronometers; 14. The universal problem and duck soup; Sources; Index.
List of illustrations List of tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. The ancients: early chronologies 2. Biblical calculations 3. Models of Aristolean infinity and sacred theories of the Earth 4. Falling stones, salty oceans, and evaporating waters: early empirical measurements of the age of the Earth 5. Thinking in layers: early ideas in stratigraphy 6. An infinite and cyclical Earth and religious orthodoxy 7. The cooling Earth 8. Stratigraphic laws, uniformitarianism and the development of the geological column 9. 'Formed stones' and their subsequent role in biostratigraphy and evolutionary theory 10. The hour-glass of accumulated or denuded sediments 11. Thermodynamics and the cooling Earth revisited 12. Oceanic salination reconsidered 13. Radioactivity: invisible geochronometers 14. The universal problem and duck soup Sources Index.
List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowldegements; 1. The ancients: early chronologies; 2. Biblical calculations; 3. Models of Aristolean infinity and Sacred theories of the Earth; 4. Falling stones, salty oceans, and evaporating waters: early empirical measurements of the age of the Earth; 5. Thinking in layers: early ideas in stratigraphy; 6. An infinite and cyclical Earth and religious orthodoxy; 7. The cooling Earth; 8. Stratigraphic laws, uniformitarianism and the development of the geological column; 9.'Formed stones'and their subsequent role in biostratigraphy and evolutionary theory; 10. The hour-glass of accumulated or denuded sediments; 11. Thermodynamics and the cooling Earth revisited; 12. Oceanic salination reconsidered; 13. Radioactivity: invisible geochronometers; 14. The universal problem and duck soup; Sources; Index.
List of illustrations List of tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. The ancients: early chronologies 2. Biblical calculations 3. Models of Aristolean infinity and sacred theories of the Earth 4. Falling stones, salty oceans, and evaporating waters: early empirical measurements of the age of the Earth 5. Thinking in layers: early ideas in stratigraphy 6. An infinite and cyclical Earth and religious orthodoxy 7. The cooling Earth 8. Stratigraphic laws, uniformitarianism and the development of the geological column 9. 'Formed stones' and their subsequent role in biostratigraphy and evolutionary theory 10. The hour-glass of accumulated or denuded sediments 11. Thermodynamics and the cooling Earth revisited 12. Oceanic salination reconsidered 13. Radioactivity: invisible geochronometers 14. The universal problem and duck soup Sources Index.
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"...interesting and accessible to a general audience ... Jackson lays out the information clearly and chronologically, making it an excellent resource for researchers." Sky & Telescope
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