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The age of everything : how science explores the past

Title
The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
Author
Hedman, Matthew, 1974-
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2007.

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Description
249 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Archaeological dating
  • Archaeology > Technological innovations
  • Radiocarbon dating
  • Science > History
  • Geochronometry
  • Earth (Planet) > Age
  • Solar system > Age
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The calendars of the classic Maya -- Precession, polaris, and the age of the pyramids -- The physics of carbon-14 -- Calibrating carbon-14 dates and the history of the air -- Carbon-14 and the peopling of the new world -- Potassium, argon, DNA, and walking upright -- Molecular dating and the many different types of mammals -- Meteorites and the age of the solar system -- Colors, brightness, and the age of stars -- Distances, redshifts, and the age of the universe -- Parameterizing the age of the universe.
Call Number
JSE 16-69
ISBN
  • 9780226322926 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0226322920 (hc : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006100531
OCLC
76937414
Author
Hedman, Matthew, 1974-
Title
The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
Imprint
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JSE 16-69
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