Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. PART I. DEEP TIME
7. The Abyss of Time 3
8. A Great Mistake Has Been Made 9
9. The Bank of Time 15
10. Account Overdrawn 23
11. Strange Rays 32
12. An Hourglass of Great Precision 38
13. Geochronology 44
14. Duck Soup 54
15. PART II. CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICS
16. An Idea to Pursue 65
17. A Very Trusting Man 71
18. Dead on Arrival 81
19. Geologists Unite Against Heresy 87
20. Continental Drift: Not Even Wrong 96
21. Postwar Surprises 108
22. Wandering Poles or Drifting Continents? 115
23. The Final Confrontation 123
24. Spreading Seafloors 131
25. HypotHESSes 144
26. The Discovery of the Century 152
27. All This Rubbish 158
28. PART III. METEORITE IMPACT
29. A Trivial Process 167
30. To Hunt a Star 174
31. The Moon’s Face 185
32. Rosetta Stone 191
33. To a Rocky Moon 197
34. Worlds in Collision 202
35. Dinosaur Killer 211
36. Out with a Bang 219
37. Cosmic Pinball 229
38. PART IV. GLOBAL WARMING
39. Origins of the CO₂ Theory 239
40. Tedious Calculations of Extraordinary Interest 246
41. Destructive Criticism 255
42. A Unique Experiment of Planetary Dimensions 265
43. Giant Brains 271
44. Warming Is Unequivocal 278
45. From Heresy to Truth 289
46. Acknowledgments 299
47. Notes 301
48. Recommended Reading 329
49. Bibliography 333
50. Index 351