The age of everything : how science explores the past

Author/Creator:

Hedman, Matthew, 1974-

Publication/Creation:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007

Format:

Book

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Full Title:

The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Archaeological dating
Archaeology--Technological innovations
Radiocarbon dating
Science--History
Geochronometry
Earth (Planet)--Age
Solar system--Age

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

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.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Table of contents only
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Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990007280790302486

ISBN:

0226322920 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226322926 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

76937414

Barcode:

010001273000