LEADER 03729nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910792349103321 005 20230925201452.0 010 $a1-282-53848-9 010 $a9786612538483 010 $a0-226-32294-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226322940 035 $a(CKB)2670000000015072 035 $a(EBL)515747 035 $a(OCoLC)609863553 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356414 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266651 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356414 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10350249 035 $a(PQKB)11050560 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000740459 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12293549 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740459 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10700599 035 $a(PQKB)11531352 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515747 035 $a(DE-B1597)522739 035 $a(OCoLC)1135588924 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226322940 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515747 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10381168 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253848 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000015072 100 $a20061204d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe age of everything $ehow science explores the past /$fMatthew Hedman 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Chicago Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 0 $a0-226-32293-9 311 0 $a0-226-32292-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aTaking 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 surface 606 $aArchaeological dating 606 $aArchaeology$xTechnological innovations 606 $aRadiocarbon dating 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aGeochronometry 607 $aEarth$xAge 607 $aSolar system$xAge 610 $ascience, archaeology, paleontology, discovery, pyramids, deep time, calendars, maya, ancient civilizations, polaris, carbon-14, physics, calibration, new world, dna, argon, potassium, molecular dating, mammals, astronomy, solar system, meteorites, stars, universe, radiocarbon, geochronometry, technology, nonfiction, fossils, history, chronology. 615 0$aArchaeological dating. 615 0$aArchaeology$xTechnological innovations. 615 0$aRadiocarbon dating. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aGeochronometry. 676 $a930.1 700 $aHedman$b Matthew$f1974-$01524901 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792349103321 996 $aThe age of everything$93765995 997 $aUNINA