Name: A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 2, the age of the Earth and the Evolution of the Elements From Lyell to Patterson: Transmuted Past
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Author: Stephen G. Brush
ISBN: 9780521101462

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A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 2, the age of the Earth and the Evolution of the Elements From Lyell to Patterson: Transmuted Past

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Physical Book

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Author

Stephen G. Brush

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

148

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0521101468

ISBN13

9780521101462

Synopsis "A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 2, the age of the Earth and the Evolution of the Elements From Lyell to Patterson: Transmuted Past "

Where did we come from? Before there was life there had to be something to live on - a planet, a solar system. During the past 200 years, astronomers and geologists have developed and tested several different theories about the origin of the solar system and the nature of the Earth. The three volumes that together make up A History of Modern Planetary Physics present a survey of these theories. The age of the Earth has been one of the most disputed numbers in science since the seventeenth century. Transmuted Past follows the development of theories of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis in the twentieth century and describes radiometric methods for estimating the age of the Earth. Professor Brush also offers perspectives on the changing reputation of planetary science relative to the 'pure' sciences, such as physics, and a comparison of history and geology as ways of studying the past.

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