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The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth (Canto Classics)
Cherry Lewis
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Description for The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth (Canto Classics)
Paperback. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 268 pages, 25 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392. One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth. Series: Canto Classics. 268 pages, 25 b/w illus. 4 tables. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 14. Weight: 392.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Canto Classics
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107659599
SKU
V9781107659599
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Reviews for The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth (Canto Classics)
'… 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