02019nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10381168 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061204s2007 iluab sb 001 0 eng 2006100531 GBA768332 bnb 013828558 Uk 9780226322926 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226322920 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)615600537 CC78 .H44 2007eb 930.1 22 Hedman, Matthew, 1974- The age of everything [electronic resource] : how science explores the past / Matthew Hedman. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. 249 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Archaeological dating. Archaeology Technological innovations. Radiocarbon dating. Science History. Geochronometry. Earth Age. Solar system Age. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10381168 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 102380 102380