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Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth
Burchfield, Joe D.
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1990
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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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Title: Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Book Type: book