Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth [[electronic resource] /] / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword

• Autore: Burchfield Joe D
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1990
• Edizione: University of Chicago Press ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.7
• Soggetto topico: SCIENCE / General
• Soggetto geografico: Earth Age
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth
• ISBN: 1-283-05813-8; 9786613058133; 0-226-08026-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458870803321
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