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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 |
Hedman Matthew <1974->
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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 |
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Hedman Matthew <1974->
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc Swetlitz
| Jewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc Swetlitz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 296.3/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CantorG. N. <1943->
SwetlitzMarc <1958-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution - Religious aspects - Judaism
Evolution (Biology) - Religious aspects - Judaism Judaism and science Creation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-95931-6
0-226-09301-8 9786611959319 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Anglo-Jewish responses to evolution / Geoffrey Cantor -- Responses to evolution by Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis in twentieth-century America / Marc Swetlitz -- "Practically, I am a fundamentalist" : twentieth-century Orthodox Jews contend with evolution and its implications / Ira Robinson -- The impact of social Darwinism on anti-Semitic ideology in Germany and Austria, 1860-1945 / Richard Weikart -- The evolution of Jewish identity : Ignaz Zollschan between Jewish and Aryan race theories, 1910-1945 / Paul Weindling -- Zionism, race, and eugenics / Raphael Falk -- Crisis management via biblical interpretation : fundamentalism, modern Orthodoxy, and Genesis / Shai Cherry -- Torah and madda? : evolution in the Jewish educational context / Rena Selya -- Modern Orthodoxy and evolution : the models of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi A.I. Kook / Carl Feit -- The order of creation and the emerging God : evolution and divine action in the natural world / Lawrence Troster. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454000003321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Jewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc Swetlitz
| Jewish tradition and the challenge of Darwinism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Marc Swetlitz |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 296.3/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CantorG. N. <1943->
SwetlitzMarc <1958-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution - Religious aspects - Judaism
Evolution (Biology) - Religious aspects - Judaism Judaism and science Creation |
| Soggetto non controllato | jews, judaism, religion, faith, belief, darwin, evolutionary, evolution, science, theory, scientific, theoretical, academic, scholarly, human, origin, species, response, controversial, controversy, debate, argument, analysis, interdisciplinary, essay collection, anthology, philosophical, philosophy, rabbi, zionist, anti semite, creation, reform, reconstructionist, conservative, 20th century, orthodox |
| ISBN |
1-281-95931-6
0-226-09301-8 9786611959319 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Anglo-Jewish responses to evolution / Geoffrey Cantor -- Responses to evolution by Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis in twentieth-century America / Marc Swetlitz -- "Practically, I am a fundamentalist" : twentieth-century Orthodox Jews contend with evolution and its implications / Ira Robinson -- The impact of social Darwinism on anti-Semitic ideology in Germany and Austria, 1860-1945 / Richard Weikart -- The evolution of Jewish identity : Ignaz Zollschan between Jewish and Aryan race theories, 1910-1945 / Paul Weindling -- Zionism, race, and eugenics / Raphael Falk -- Crisis management via biblical interpretation : fundamentalism, modern Orthodoxy, and Genesis / Shai Cherry -- Torah and madda? : evolution in the Jewish educational context / Rena Selya -- Modern Orthodoxy and evolution : the models of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi A.I. Kook / Carl Feit -- The order of creation and the emerging God : evolution and divine action in the natural world / Lawrence Troster. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782444803321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth [[electronic resource] /] / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword
| Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth [[electronic resource] /] / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword |
| Autore | Burchfield Joe D |
| Edizione | [University of Chicago Press ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.7 |
| Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-05813-8
9786613058133 0-226-08026-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458870803321 |
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Burchfield Joe D
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth / / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword
| Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth / / Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword |
| Autore | Burchfield Joe D |
| Edizione | [University of Chicago Press edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) : portraits |
| Disciplina | 551.7 |
| Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / General |
| Soggetto non controllato | well known, science, scientist, thermodynamic, laws, earth, age, aging, british, victorian, history, historical, academic, scholarly, research, physics, physicist, astronomer, astronomy, geology, geologist, biology, biologist, geologic, time, college, university, textbook, higher ed, professor, teacher, classroom, educational, overview, biography, darwin, wallace, debate, controversy, radioactivity, dating, reaction, scale |
| ISBN |
1-283-05813-8
9786613058133 0-226-08026-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785303703321 |
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Burchfield Joe D
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1990 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A natural history of time [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella
| A natural history of time [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella |
| Autore | Richet Pascal |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (487 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.7/01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VenerellaJohn |
| Soggetto topico | Geological time |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-68739-8
9786613664334 0-226-71289-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461912203321 |
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Richet Pascal
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A natural history of time [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella
| A natural history of time [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella |
| Autore | Richet Pascal |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (487 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.7/01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VenerellaJohn |
| Soggetto topico | Geological time |
| Soggetto non controllato | history, paleontology, earth, geology, science, philosophy, creation, genesis, mythology, seasons, time, cycles, judaism, christianity, religion, antioch, scientific revolution, astronomy, fossils, radiometric dating, solar system, universe, nonfiction, nature, comets, physics, kelvin, arthur holmes, atomic bomb, nuclear, debate, geophysics |
| ISBN |
1-280-68739-8
9786613664334 0-226-71289-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790367103321 |
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Richet Pascal
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physics of the earth . Volume 2 The figure of the earth [[electronic resource]]
| Physics of the earth . Volume 2 The figure of the earth [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551 |
| Collana | Bulletin of the National Research Council |
| Soggetto topico |
Geophysics
Meteorology Ocean Volcanoes |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Contents""; ""TIDES, OCEAN, AND EARTH""; ""CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER II TIDAL THEORY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER III TIDAL COMPUTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS""; ""TREATMENT OF TIDE RECORDS""; ""PREDICTION OF TIDES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER IV MEAN SEA-LEVEL""; ""VARIATIONS IN SEA-LEVEL""; ""CAUSES OF VARIATION""; ""THE DETERMINATION OF MEAN SEA-LEVEL""; ""THE MEAN SEA-LEVEL SURFACE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER V EARTH TIDES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER VI TIDAL FRICTION""; ""NOTATION""; ""REFERENCES""
""GRAVITY, DEFLECTION OF THE VERTICAL, AND ISOSTASY""""CHAPTER VII ISOSTASY""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF ISOSTASY ON GEOLOGICAL THOUGHT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER IX THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE EARTH""; ""DETERMINATIONS OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH BY OBSERVATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""LUNAR METHODS OF DETERMINING THE FLATTENING OF THE EARTH""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER X DETERMINATION OF “g� BY MEANS OF THE FREE SWINGING PENDULUM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ABSOLUTE DETERMINATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""RELATIVE DETERMINATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""MODERN GRAVITY APPARATUS"" ""SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL READING""""CHAPTER XIII ON SOME OF THE GREATER PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY""; ""CHAPTER XIV THE DETERMINATION OF ELEVATIONS""; ""METHOD""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF LEVELING""; ""THE FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL NET""; ""DATUM""; ""ACCURACY""; ""VARIATION OF MEAN SEA-LEVEL FROM A LEVEL SURFACE""; ""ELEVATIONS OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER XV THE DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS""; ""GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS DETERMINED BY GEODETIC METHODS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""CHAPTER XVI THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS"" ""HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT""""OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""THE THEORETICAL CURVE OF POLAR MOTION""; ""THE OBSERVED MOTION OF THE POLE""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""SECULAR MOTION OF THE POLE""; ""OTHER PHENOMENA IN THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""GEOPHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE""; ""INDEX"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451764803321 |
| Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physics of the earth . Volume 2 The figure of the earth
| Physics of the earth . Volume 2 The figure of the earth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551 |
| Collana | Bulletin of the National Research Council |
| Soggetto topico |
Geophysics
Meteorology Ocean Volcanoes |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Contents""; ""TIDES, OCEAN, AND EARTH""; ""CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER II TIDAL THEORY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER III TIDAL COMPUTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS""; ""TREATMENT OF TIDE RECORDS""; ""PREDICTION OF TIDES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER IV MEAN SEA-LEVEL""; ""VARIATIONS IN SEA-LEVEL""; ""CAUSES OF VARIATION""; ""THE DETERMINATION OF MEAN SEA-LEVEL""; ""THE MEAN SEA-LEVEL SURFACE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER V EARTH TIDES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER VI TIDAL FRICTION""; ""NOTATION""; ""REFERENCES""
""GRAVITY, DEFLECTION OF THE VERTICAL, AND ISOSTASY""""CHAPTER VII ISOSTASY""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF ISOSTASY ON GEOLOGICAL THOUGHT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER IX THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE EARTH""; ""DETERMINATIONS OF THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH BY OBSERVATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""LUNAR METHODS OF DETERMINING THE FLATTENING OF THE EARTH""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER X DETERMINATION OF “g� BY MEANS OF THE FREE SWINGING PENDULUM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ABSOLUTE DETERMINATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""RELATIVE DETERMINATIONS OF GRAVITY""; ""MODERN GRAVITY APPARATUS"" ""SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL READING""""CHAPTER XIII ON SOME OF THE GREATER PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY""; ""CHAPTER XIV THE DETERMINATION OF ELEVATIONS""; ""METHOD""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF LEVELING""; ""THE FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL NET""; ""DATUM""; ""ACCURACY""; ""VARIATION OF MEAN SEA-LEVEL FROM A LEVEL SURFACE""; ""ELEVATIONS OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER XV THE DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS""; ""GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS DETERMINED BY GEODETIC METHODS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""CHAPTER XVI THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS"" ""HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT""""OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""THE THEORETICAL CURVE OF POLAR MOTION""; ""THE OBSERVED MOTION OF THE POLE""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""SECULAR MOTION OF THE POLE""; ""OTHER PHENOMENA IN THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""GEOPHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARIATION OF LATITUDE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE""; ""INDEX"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777578503321 |
| Washington, : National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, [1931] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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