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1 Cherry Lewis Dating game: One Man's search for the Age of the Earth 024457 2000 Book  
2 Giora Shaviv Life of stars: Controversial inception and emergence of the theory of stellar structure 023583 2009 Book  
3 GAMOW, GEORGE Biography of the earth: Its past, present and future 019499 1948 Book  
4 Stephen G. Brush Transmuted past : The age of the earth and the evolution of the elements from Lyell to Patterson 013342 1996 Book  
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TitleDating game: One Man's search for the Age of the Earth
Author(s)Cherry Lewis
PublicationCambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Descriptionix, 258p.
Abstract NoteHow old is the Earth? At the end of the nineteenth century, scientists were all looking for a clock that would provide an answer to this, the greatest Time question of all. The Dating Game tells the story of one man`s vision of developing a geological timescale, a great vision which lasted fifty years despite scientific opposition, financial hardship and personal tragedy. Arthur Holmes fought to convince The Establishment of an Earth of great antiquity: a fight which eventually transformed the moribund `art` of geology into a dynamic science.
ISBN,Price9781107659599 : UKP 12.99(PB)
Classification550.93
Keyword(s)1. EARTH - AGE 2. GEOLOGICAL TIME 3. GEOLOGY
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TitleLife of stars: Controversial inception and emergence of the theory of stellar structure
Author(s)Giora Shaviv
PublicationBerlin, Springer-Verlag, 2009.
Descriptionxiv, 504p.
Abstract NoteThis beautifully illustrated book describes the birth and evolution of the theory of stellar structure through the vehement controversy between biology (as presented by Darwin) and physics (as presented by Kelvin) about the age of the Earth, which culminated with Rutherford suggesting radioactive dating. Shaviv analyzes critically many proclaimed scientific results, showing how and why they were wrong, and explains why it took decades to find the now accepted scientific answers - where there are such - and why there remains much more to be done before we can say we fully understand what happens up there in the heavens. The Life of the Stars provides fascinating reading for all those interested in the stars, in the history of astronomy and in what their story tells us about how science progresses. Moreover, it will bring readers up-to-date on current problems in astrophysics.
ISBN,Price9783642020872 : US $99.95(HB)
Classification524.3-54
Keyword(s)1. EARTH - AGE 2. STARS 3. STELLAR EVOLUTION 4. STELLAR STRUCTURE 5. SUN
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TitleBiography of the earth: Its past, present and future
Author(s)George Gamow
PublicationNew York, Mentor Book, 1949.
Descriptionxi,194p.
ISBN,PriceUS $ 28.16
Classification555.1
Keyword(s)1. EARTH 2. EARTH - HISTORY 3. EARTH - AGE 4. EARTH ATMOSPHERE 5. PLANETOLOGY
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019499   555.1 GAM/019499  On Shelf    

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TitleTransmuted past : The age of the earth and the evolution of the elements from Lyell to Patterson
Author(s)Stephen G. Brush
PublicationCambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Series(History of Modern Planetary Physics)
ISBN,Price0-521-55213-3
Classification523-1/-8(091)
Keyword(s)1. EARTH - HISTORY 2. EARTH - AGE 3. EVOLUTION OF STARS 4. HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY 5. NUCLEOSYNTHESIS 6. PLANETARY PHYSICS - HISTORY 7. PLANETOLOGY
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013342   523-1/-8(091)/H.M.P.P./013342  On Shelf    

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