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Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth

paperbackMay 15, 1990
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ISBN-13: 9780226080437 ISBN-10: 0226080439
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Binding
paperback
Published
May 15, 1990
Weight
0.9 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×1.60×15.20 cm

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Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth by Burchfield, Joe D.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780226080437.

Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvins application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earths 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 Burchfields commendable and time-tested volume part of their personal library"—Brent Darymple, Quartely Review of Biology