Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth

Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 281
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226080437
ISBN-13 : 0226080439
Rating : 4/5 (439 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth by : Joe D. Burchfield

Download or read book Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth written by Joe D. Burchfield and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990-05-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrait of Lord Kelvin


Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth Related Books

Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Joe D. Burchfield
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-05-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Portrait of Lord Kelvin
Age Of The Earth, The: A Physicist's Odyssey
Language: en
Pages: 147
Authors: Archibald W Hendry
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-02 - Publisher: World Scientific

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book spells out in detail how the age of the Earth has been determined over the centuries. First — the 'biblical' age: how was the date of Creation 4004
Brilliant Blunders
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Mario Livio
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-27 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Drawing on the lives of five great scientists -- Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein -- scientist/auth
The Dating Game
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Cherry Lewis
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-29 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How old is the Earth? At the end of the 19th century, geologists, biologists, physicists and astronomers were all looking for a clock that would provide an answ
Energy and Empire
Language: en
Pages: 906
Authors: Crosbie Smith
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-10-26 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science t