The Age of Everything
Hedman, Matthew
The Age of Everything How Science Explores the Past - Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007 - 249p
includes index and biblioraphy
1.Introduction 2.The Calendars of the Classic Maya 3.Precession, Polaris, and the Age of the Pyramids 4.The Physics of Carbon-14 5.Calibrating Carbon-14 Dates and the History of the Air 6.Carbon-14 and the Peopling of the New World 7.Potassium, Argon, DNA, and Walking Upright 8.Molecular Dating and the Many Different Types of Mammals 9.Meteorites and the Age of the Solar System 10.Colors, Brightness, and the Age of Stars 11.Distances, Redshifts, and the Age of the Universe 12.Parameterizing the Age of the Universe
9780226322926 597
N30.1 / H359
The Age of Everything How Science Explores the Past - Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007 - 249p
includes index and biblioraphy
1.Introduction 2.The Calendars of the Classic Maya 3.Precession, Polaris, and the Age of the Pyramids 4.The Physics of Carbon-14 5.Calibrating Carbon-14 Dates and the History of the Air 6.Carbon-14 and the Peopling of the New World 7.Potassium, Argon, DNA, and Walking Upright 8.Molecular Dating and the Many Different Types of Mammals 9.Meteorites and the Age of the Solar System 10.Colors, Brightness, and the Age of Stars 11.Distances, Redshifts, and the Age of the Universe 12.Parameterizing the Age of the Universe
9780226322926 597
N30.1 / H359