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The Chronologers’ Quest
Episodes in the Search for the Age of the Earth
The debate over the age of the Earth has been going on for at least two thousandyears, and has pitted astronomers against biologists, religious philosophers againstgeologists.
The Chronologers’ Quest
tells the fascinating story of our attempts todetermine a true age for our planet.This book investigates the many methods used in the search: the biblicalchronologies examined by James Ussher and John Lightfoot; the estimates ofcooling times made by the Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin; and the more recentinvestigationsofArthurHolmesandClairPattersonintoradioactivedatingofrocksand meteorites.
The Chronologers’ Quest
is a readable account of the measurement ofgeological time. Little scientific background is assumed, and the book will be ofinterest to lay readers and earth scientists alike.P
ATRICK
W
YSE
J
ACKSON
is a lecturer in geology and curator of the GeologicalMuseum in Trinity College Dublin, and is a member of the InternationalCommission on the History of Geological Sciences.
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