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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
February 2014
Print publication year:
2012
Online ISBN:
9781139197137
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139197137
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Popular Science, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest, General, General Science
Series:
Canto Classics
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Book description

In this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the Earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. When it was deeply unfashionable to do so in the early twentieth century, he spent many years trying to prove the great antiquity of the Earth, stating that it was 'perhaps a little indelicate to ask of our Mother Earth her age, but science acknowledges no shame'. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.

Reviews

‘… a gripping tale to tell … I would recommend it … to anyone who has the slightest interest in how our planet came to be the way it is.'

John Gribbin Source: The Sunday Times

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