Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth - by Joe D Burchfield (Paperback)

Name: Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth - by Joe D Burchfield (Paperback)
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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.
Author(s): Joe D Burchfield
278 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, General

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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

Dimensions (Overall): 9.08 Inches (H) x 6.08 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)

Weight: .88 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 278

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: General

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Joe D Burchfield

Language: English

Street Date: May 15, 1990

TCIN: 1007767047

UPC: 9780226080437

Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-7166

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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