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11. The Long Quest of Arthur Holmes
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- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1. Time without a Beginning? 1
- 2. On the Great Book of Moses 24
- 3. Genesis as Viewed through the Prism of Natural Philosophy 54
- 4. Nature’s Admirable Medals 85
- 5. The March of the Comets 114
- 6. Heroic Age, Relative Time 143
- 7. The Long History of Two Barons 176
- 8. The Elasticity of Time 206
- 9. The Pandora’s Box of Physics 237
- 10. The Sun, the Earth, Radioactivity—and Kelvin’s Death 264
- 11. The Long Quest of Arthur Holmes 288
- 12. From the Atomic Bomb to the Age of the Earth 320
- Epilogue 350
- Appendix: Mathematical Complements 355
- Source Notes 357
- Suggestions for Further Reading and Reference 373
- Bibliography 409
- Index 455
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1. Time without a Beginning? 1
- 2. On the Great Book of Moses 24
- 3. Genesis as Viewed through the Prism of Natural Philosophy 54
- 4. Nature’s Admirable Medals 85
- 5. The March of the Comets 114
- 6. Heroic Age, Relative Time 143
- 7. The Long History of Two Barons 176
- 8. The Elasticity of Time 206
- 9. The Pandora’s Box of Physics 237
- 10. The Sun, the Earth, Radioactivity—and Kelvin’s Death 264
- 11. The Long Quest of Arthur Holmes 288
- 12. From the Atomic Bomb to the Age of the Earth 320
- Epilogue 350
- Appendix: Mathematical Complements 355
- Source Notes 357
- Suggestions for Further Reading and Reference 373
- Bibliography 409
- Index 455