The Dating Game
Author | : Cherry Lewis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2012-03-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107659599 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107659590 |
Rating | : 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Dating Game written by Cherry Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How old is the Earth? At the end of the 19th century, geologists, biologists, physicists and astronomers were all looking for a clock that would provide an answer to this greatest time question of all. Here is the story of one man's vision in developing a geological time scale that would finally lead to an accurate date for the age of the Earth