Nature's Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything

by Doug Macdougall and J.D. MacDougall

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"Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting," writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." In Nature's Clocks, Macdougall tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. By examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating--the best known of these methods--and several other techniques that geologists...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520249755

ISBN13:9780520249752

Release Date:June 2008

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 7.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Biological Sciences Biology Earth Sciences Geology History & Philosophy Nuclear Physics Physics Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Time

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