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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48570033 Title: The age of the earth : from 4004 BC to AD 2002 Author: Cherry Lewis; Simon J Knell; Geological Society of London Publisher: London : Geological Society, 2001. ISBN/ISSN: 1862390932 9781862390935 OCLC:48570033

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The age of the earth : from 4004 BC to AD 2002

Author:	Cherry Lewis; Simon J Knell; Geological Society of London.
Publisher:	London : Geological Society, 2001.
Series:	Geological Society special publication, no. 190.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Subjects	Geological time -- History. Earth (Planet) -- Age -- History. Earth -- Age -- History. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Age of the earth. London : Geological Society, 2001 (OCoLC)647413998
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Cherry Lewis; Simon J Knell; Geological Society of London. Find more information about:
ISBN:	1862390932 9781862390935
OCLC Number:	48570033
Notes:	Based on 'Celebrating the age of the earth', the Geological Society's William Smith Millennium Meeting, June 2000-Pref.
Description:	viii, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Contents:	Celebrating the age of the Earth / S.J. Knell & C.L.E. Lewis -- Before the hills in order stood : the beginning of the geology of time in England / J.G.C.M. Fuller -- European views on terrestrial chronology from Descartes to the mid-eighteenth century / E. Vacarri -- Buffon, Desmarest and the ordering of geological events in époques / K.L. Taylor -- Jean-André de Luc and nature's chronology / M.J.S. Rudwick -- Timeless order : William Smith (1769-1839) and the search for raw materials 1800-1820 / H.S. Torrens -- Genesis and geochronology : the case of John Phillips (1800-1874) / J. Morrell -- 'Had Lord Kelvin a right?' : John Perry, natural selection and the age of the Earth, 1894-1895 / B.C. Shipley -- John Joly (1857-1933) and his determinations of the age of the Earth / P.N. Wyse Jackson -- Arthur Holmes' vision of a geological timescale / C.L.E. Lewis -- The age of the Earth in the United States (1891-1931) : from the geological viewpoint / E.L. Yochelson & . C.L.E. Lewis -- Is the Earth too old? The impact of geochronology on cosmology, 1929-1952 / S.G. Brush -- The oldest rocks on Earth : time constraints and geological controversies / B.S. Kamber, S. Moorbath & M.J. Whitehouse -- The age of the Earth in the twentieth century : a problem (mostly) solved / G.B. Dalrymple -- Lead isotopes and the age of the Earth -- a geochemical accident / A.W. Hofmann -- Fossils as geological clocks / J.H. Callomon -- Time, life and the Earth / A. Manning -- Dating the origin of modern humans / C.B. Stringer -- Understanding the beginning and the end / M.J. Rees.
Series Title:	Geological Society special publication, no. 190.
Responsibility:	edited by C.L.E. Lewis & S.J. Knell.

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