03316nam 2200733Ia 450 991096953140332120200520144314.09786613664334978128068739612806873989780226712895022671289310.7208/9780226712895(CKB)2670000000205277(EBL)932012(OCoLC)795120253(SSID)ssj0000678476(PQKBManifestationID)11414976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678476(PQKBWorkID)10728074(PQKB)10751238(SSID)ssj0000691802(PQKBManifestationID)12257823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000691802(PQKBWorkID)10635360(PQKB)11157181(MiAaPQ)EBC932012(DE-B1597)524546(DE-B1597)9780226712895(Au-PeEL)EBL932012(CaPaEBR)ebr10571179(CaONFJC)MIL366433(Perlego)1852602(EXLCZ)99267000000020527720061011d2007 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrA natural history of time /Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (487 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226712871 0226712877 9780226712888 0226712885 Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-453) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --1. Time without a Beginning? --2. On the Great Book of Moses --3. Genesis as Viewed through the Prism of Natural Philosophy --4. Nature's Admirable Medals --5. The March of the Comets --6. Heroic Age, Relative Time --7. The Long History of Two Barons --8. The Elasticity of Time --9. The Pandora's Box of Physics --10. The Sun, the Earth, Radioactivity-and Kelvin's Death --11. The Long Quest of Arthur Holmes --12. From the Atomic Bomb to the Age of the Earth --Epilogue --Appendix: Mathematical Complements --Source Notes --Suggestions for Further Reading and Reference --Bibliography --IndexThe quest to pinpoint the age of the Earth is nearly as old as humanity itself. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide the answer, even though nature abounds with clues to the past of the Earth and the stars. In A Natural History of Time, geophysicist Pascal Richet tells the fascinating story of how scientists and philosophers examined those clues and from them built a chronological scale that has made it possible to reconstruct the history of nature itself. Richet begins his story with mythological traditions, which were heavily influence...Geological timeEarth (Planet)AgeGeological time.551.7/01Richet Pascal770820MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969531403321A natural history of time4358705UNINA