by PRichet (Author)
For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide an answer to the pressing question of the earth's age. This title tells the fascinating story of how scientists and philosophers examined those clues and from them built a chronological scale that has made it possible to reconstruct the history of nature itself.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 481
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 25 May 2010
ISBN 10: 0226712885
ISBN 13: 9780226712888