Lord Kelvin and the age of the earth
Kelvin, William Thomson, Earth 1824-1907 Age Baron Geology Kelvin, William Thomson Science BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY GEOLOGIA HISTORICA Terre Earth (Planet) sähkökirjat
University of Chicago Press
1990
University of Chicago Press ed.
EISBN 9780226080260
Preface; I. Introduction; II. Kelvin and the Physics of Time; III. Kelvin's Influence: The Initial Reception; IV. The Triumph of Limited Time; V. Opposition and Controversy; VI. Radioactivity and the Age of the Earth; VII. Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
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.
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.
