Burchfield, Joe D. <br/><br/>
Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth  [electronic resource] / 
Joe D. Burchfield ; with a new afterword. 
 - University of Chicago Press ed. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  1990. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 267 p.) :  port. 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: New York : Science History Publications, 1975. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-260) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226080260 (electronic bk.) 0226080269 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron,  1824-1907. <br/>Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron,  1824-1907. <br/>Kelvin, William Thomson, baron)  (1824-1907; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1824-1907.<br/>Age.<br/>Baron.<br/>Kelvin, William Thomson.<br/>Geology.<br/>Science.<br/>SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.<br/>GEOLOGIA HISTORICA.<br/>Terre--Âge.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Earth (Planet)--Age.<br/>Earth.<br/>Terre--Âge.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Geology 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE508  / .B84 1990eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.7