A natural history of time / Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella.
Record details
- ISBN: 0226712877
- ISBN: 9780226712871
- Physical Description: xiv, 471 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-453) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Time without a beginning? -- On the great book of Moses -- Genesis as viewed through the prism of natural philosophy -- Nature's admirable medals -- The march of the comets -- Heroic age, relative time -- The long history of two barons -- The elasticity of time -- The Pandora's box of physics -- The Sun, the Earth, radioactivity--and Kelvin's death -- The long quest of Arthur Holmes -- From the atomic bomb to the age of the Earth.
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- Subject:
- Geological time.
Earth (Planet) > Age.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 551.701 RIC (Text) | 36015000685426 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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