TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burchfield,Joe D.
TI  - Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth
SN  - 9780226080260 (electronic bk.)
AV  - QE508 .B84 1990eb
U1  - 551.7 22
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Kelvin, William Thomson,
KW  - 1824-1907
KW  - Age
KW  - Baron
KW  - Kelvin, William Thomson
KW  - Geology
KW  - Science
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Earth Sciences
KW  - Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Science & Technology
KW  - GEOLOGIA HISTORICA
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Terre
KW  - Âge
KW  - ram
KW  - Earth (Planet)
KW  - Earth
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975; Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-260) and index; 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
N2  - 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
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