The age of everything : how science explores the past / / Matthew Hedman.

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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:249 p. :; ill., maps.
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245 1 4 |a The age of everything  |h [electronic resource] :  |b how science explores the past /  |c Matthew Hedman. 
260 |a Chicago :  |b University of Chicago Press,  |c 2007. 
300 |a 249 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Archaeological dating. 
650 0 |a Archaeology  |x Technological innovations. 
650 0 |a Radiocarbon dating. 
650 0 |a Science  |x History. 
650 0 |a Geochronometry. 
651 0 |a Earth  |x Age. 
651 0 |a Solar system  |x Age. 
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