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This book investigates the methods used to determine the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, to Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson investigating radioactive dating of rocks. It will be of interest to those with little scientific background, and students and scientists in the Earth sciences.
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The Chronologers' Quest, Patrick Wyse Jackson
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- The Chronologers' Quest
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patrick Wyse Jackson
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1108462537
- ISBN13
- 9781108462532
- Category
- Nature in general
- Description
- This book investigates the methods used to determine the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, to Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson investigating radioactive dating of rocks. It will be of interest to those with little scientific background, and students and scientists in the Earth sciences.