Cambridge U. Pr.
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — December 2006
The chronologers' quest; episodes in the search for the age of the earth.
Jackson, Patrick Wyse.
Cambridge U. Pr., ©2006 291 p. $30.00 QE508
0-521-81332-8
Biblical chronologies, the cooling rate of the Earth, rates of erosion and the thickness of sedimentary rocks, the saltiness of the oceans, the radioactivity of the rocks, and the constituents of the Moon and meteorites are among the evidence that Jackson (geology, Trinity College, Dublin) describes people using through the years to estimate the age of the planet. Chapter-specific bibliographic essays identify sources and suggest further reading. He writes for general readers. (Annotation ©2006 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
