The age of everything [[electronic resource] ] : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman
| The age of everything [[electronic resource] ] : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman |
| Autore | Hedman Matthew <1974-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeological dating
Archaeology - Technological innovations Radiocarbon dating Science - History Geochronometry |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-53848-9
9786612538483 0-226-32294-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459327703321 |
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
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The age of everything : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman
| The age of everything : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman |
| Autore | Hedman Matthew <1974-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 930.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeological dating
Archaeology - Technological innovations Radiocarbon dating Science - History Geochronometry |
| Soggetto non controllato | science, 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 |
| ISBN |
1-282-53848-9
9786612538483 0-226-32294-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792349103321 |
Hedman Matthew <1974->
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The age of everything : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman
| The age of everything : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman |
| Autore | Hedman Matthew <1974-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 930.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeological dating
Archaeology - Technological innovations Radiocarbon dating Science - History Geochronometry |
| ISBN |
9786612538483
9781282538481 1282538489 9780226322940 0226322947 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971369903321 |
Hedman Matthew <1974->
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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