02710nam 2200625 a 450 991045887080332120200520144314.01-283-05813-897866130581330-226-08026-910.7208/9780226080260(CKB)2670000000065999(EBL)648127(OCoLC)695993895(SSID)ssj0000471000(PQKBManifestationID)11286320(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471000(PQKBWorkID)10431110(PQKB)10399966(MiAaPQ)EBC648127(DE-B1597)523621(OCoLC)1135594941(DE-B1597)9780226080260(Au-PeEL)EBL648127(CaPaEBR)ebr10438636(CaONFJC)MIL305813(EXLCZ)99267000000006599919900409e19901975 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLord Kelvin and the age of the earth[electronic resource] /Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterwordUniversity of Chicago Press ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19901 online resource (281 p.)Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975.0-226-08043-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- 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 -- IndexBurchfield 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 BiologySCIENCE / GeneralbisacshEarthAgeElectronic books.SCIENCE / General.551.7Burchfield Joe D45445MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458870803321Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth358473UNINA