03534nam 2200841 a 450 991097136990332120200520144314.09786612538483978128253848112825384899780226322940022632294710.7208/9780226322940(CKB)2670000000015072(EBL)515747(OCoLC)609863553(SSID)ssj0000356414(PQKBManifestationID)11266651(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356414(PQKBWorkID)10350249(PQKB)11050560(SSID)ssj0000740459(PQKBManifestationID)12293549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740459(PQKBWorkID)10700599(PQKB)11531352(DE-B1597)522739(OCoLC)1135588924(DE-B1597)9780226322940(Au-PeEL)EBL515747(CaPaEBR)ebr10381168(CaONFJC)MIL253848(MiAaPQ)EBC515747(Perlego)1874572(EXLCZ)99267000000001507220061204d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe age of everything how science explores the past /Matthew Hedman1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (249 pages) illustrations, maps9780226322933 0226322939 9780226322926 0226322920 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The calendars of the classic Maya -- Precession, polaris, and the age of the pyramids -- The physics of carbon-14 -- Calibrating carbon-14 dates and the history of the air -- Carbon-14 and the peopling of the new world -- Potassium, argon, DNA, and walking upright -- Molecular dating and the many different types of mammals -- Meteorites and the age of the solar system -- Colors, brightness, and the age of stars -- Distances, redshifts, and the age of the universe -- Parameterizing the age of the universe.Taking advantage of recent advances throughout the sciences, Matthew Hedman brings the distant past closer to us than it has ever been. Here, he shows how scientists have determined the age of everything from the colonization of the New World over 13,000 years ago to the origin of the universe nearly fourteen billion years ago.Hedman details, for example, how interdisciplinary studies of the Great Pyramids of Egypt can determine exactly when and how these incredible structures were built. He shows how the remains of humble trees can illuminate how the surfaceArchaeological datingArchaeologyTechnological innovationsRadiocarbon datingScienceHistoryGeochronometryEarth (Planet)AgeSolar systemAgeArchaeological dating.ArchaeologyTechnological innovations.Radiocarbon dating.ScienceHistory.Geochronometry.930.1Hedman Matthew1974-1805385MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971369903321The age of everything4353942UNINA