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020 _z9780226322926 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z0226322920 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)615600537
050 1 4 _aCC78
_b.H44 2007eb
082 0 4 _a930.1
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100 1 _aHedman, Matthew,
_d1974-
245 1 4 _aThe age of everything
_h[electronic resource] :
_bhow science explores the past /
_cMatthew Hedman.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2007.
300 _a249 p. :
_bill., maps.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aArchaeological dating.
650 0 _aArchaeology
_xTechnological innovations.
650 0 _aRadiocarbon dating.
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory.
650 0 _aGeochronometry.
651 0 _aEarth
_xAge.
651 0 _aSolar system
_xAge.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10381168
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c206597
_d206597