The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two
thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against
biologists, and religious philosophers against geologists. The
Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to
determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many
novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James
Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, and from
Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for
the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of
Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks
and meteorites. The Chronologers' Quest is a readable account of
the measurement of geological time. It will be of great interest to
a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific
background to students and scientists in a wide range of the Earth
sciences.
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