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UNINA9910703146603321 |
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Titolo |
The current readiness of the U.S. forces [[electronic resource] ] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 14, 2010 |
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Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 112 pages) |
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Collana |
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Military planning - United States |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
United States Armed Forces Operational readiness |
United States Armed Forces Combat sustainability |
United States Armed Forces Equipment |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on May 10, 2011). |
Paper version available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. |
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UNINA9910785303703321 |
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Autore |
Burchfield Joe D |
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Titolo |
Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth / / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1990 |
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1-283-05813-8 |
9786613058133 |
0-226-08026-9 |
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Edizione |
[University of Chicago Press edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 pages) : portraits |
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Disciplina |
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SCIENCE / General |
Earth Age |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. Kelvin and the Physics of Time -- III. Kelvin's Influence: The Initial Reception -- IV/ The Triumph of Limited Time -- V. Opposition and Controversy -- VI. Radioactivity and the Age of the Earth -- VII. Conclusion -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists. "Anyone interested in geologic time, and that should include all geologists and a fair smattering of biologists, physicists and chemists, should make Burchfield's commendable and time-tested volume part of their personal library"-Brent Darymple, Quartely Review of Biology |
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