The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
Hedman, Matthew, 1974-
2007
CC78 .H44 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
The age of everything : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman.
Author
Hedman, Matthew, 1974-
ISBN
9780226322926 (alk. paper)
0226322920 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
249 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
CC78 .H44 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
930.1
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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