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2008 Hardcover Book-Nature's Clocks How Scientists Measure The Age Of Everything
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780520249752
- EAN
- 9780520249752
- Book Title
- Nature's Clocks : How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Nature, Social Science, Science
- Topic
- Archaeology, Earth Sciences / Geology, General, Time
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520249755
ISBN-13
9780520249752
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63322561
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nature's Clocks : How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Earth Sciences / Geology, General, Time
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Social Science, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-046955
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"For time-conscious readers, Nature's Clocks provides satisfaction beyond measure."-- Washington Post Book World, "Dem Kundigen bereitet es ein eigenes Vergnügen, in gut gemachten Registern zu lesen. Ja, zu lesen! Um wie viel mehr aber erfreut erst das Lesen in einer analytischen Bibliografie. Das ist wie das Reisen auf der Landkarte. Die hier anzuzeigenden Bände der analytischen Bibliografie zum 'Journal des Luxus und der Moden' darf man ohne Übertreibung als ein mustergültiges Werk ihrer Gattung bezeichnen. [...] - ein Glanzstück bibliografischer Arbeit." (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nr. 221, 24. September 2003) "Man kann der Bibliothek, den Autorinnen und dem Verlag nur gratulieren zu der mit enormem Rechercheaufwand erstellten Bibliographie, die für Historiker, Germanisten und Kulturwissenschaftler, für Designer, Medienwissenschaftler und viele andere Disziplinen äußerst nützlich werden wird." (Weimar Kultur Journal, Weimar, Nr. 4, 2003)
Dewey Decimal
551.7/01
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1. No Vestige of a Beginning . . . Chapter 2. Mysterious Rays Chapter 3. Wild Bill's Quest Chapter 4. Changing Perceptions Chapter 5. Getting the Lead Out Chapter 6. Dating the Boundaries Chapter 7. Clocking Evolution Chapter 8. Ghostly Forests and Mediterranean Volcanoes Chapter 9. More and More from Less and Less Appendix A. The Geological Time Scale Appendix B. Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements Appendix C. Additional Notes Glossary Resources and Further Reading Index
Synopsis
"Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." In Nature's Clocks, Macdougall tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. By examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating--the best known of these methods--and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, Macdougall unwraps the last century's advances, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors such as "Lucy," the timing of the dinosaurs' extinction, and the precise ages of tiny mineral grains that date from the beginning of the earth's history. In lively and accessible prose, he describes how the science of geochronology has developed and flourished. Relating these advances through the stories of the scientists themselves--James Hutton, William Smith, Arthur Holmes, Ernest Rutherford, Willard Libby, and Clair Patterson--Macdougall shows how they used ingenuity and inspiration to construct one of modern science's most significant accomplishments: a timescale for the earth's evolution and human prehistory., "Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." In Nature's Clocks, Macdougall tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. By examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating-the best known of these methods-and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, Macdougall unwraps the last century's advances, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors such as "Lucy," the timing of the dinosaurs' extinction, and the precise ages of tiny mineral grains that date from the beginning of the earth's history. In lively and accessible prose, he describes how the science of geochronology has developed and flourished. Relating these advances through the stories of the scientists themselves-James Hutton, William Smith, Arthur Holmes, Ernest Rutherford, Willard Libby, and Clair Patterson-Macdougall shows how they used ingenuity and inspiration to construct one of modern science's most significant accomplishments: a timescale for the earth's evolution and human prehistory., "Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." In "Nature's Clocks, "Macdougall tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. By examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating--the best known of these methods--and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, Macdougall unwraps the last century's advances, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors such as "Lucy," the timing of the dinosaurs' extinction, and the precise ages of tiny mineral grains that date from the beginning of the earth's history. In lively and accessible prose, he describes how the science of geochronology has developed and flourished. Relating these advances through the stories of the scientists themselves--James Hutton, William Smith, Arthur Holmes, Ernest Rutherford, Willard Libby, and Clair Patterson--Macdougall shows how they used ingenuity and inspiration to construct one of modern science's most significant accomplishments: a timescale for the earth's evolution and human prehistory.
LC Classification Number
QE508.M27 2008
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