Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth:
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1. Verfasser: Burchfield, Joe D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1990
Ausgabe:University of Chicago Press ed
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Beschreibung:Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-260) and index
Preface; I. Introduction; II. Kelvin and the Physics of Time; III. Kelvin's Influence: The Initial Reception; IV. The Triumph of Limited Time; V. Opposition and Controversy; VI. Radioactivity and the Age of the Earth; VII. Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. "Anyone interested in geologic time, and that should include all geologists and a fair smattering of biologists, physicists and chemists, should make Burchfield's commendable and time-tested volume part of their personal library"--Brent Darymple, Quartely Review of Biology
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 267 pages)
ISBN:0226080269
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9780226080260
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