The Chronologers Quest

Author : Patrick Wyse Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139457576

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The Chronologers' Quest by Patrick Wyse Jackson Pdf

The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, and religious philosophers against geologists. The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, and from Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. The Chronologers' Quest is a readable account of the measurement of geological time. It will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background to students and scientists in a wide range of the Earth sciences.

Author : Patrick Wyse Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0511318154

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The Chronologers' Quest by Patrick Wyse Jackson Pdf

The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, religious philosophers against geologists. The Chronologers' Quest tells the story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites.

Author : Patrick Wyse Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108462537

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The Chronologers' Quest by Patrick Wyse Jackson Pdf

The debate over the age of the Earth has been ongoing for over two thousand years, and has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, and religious philosophers against geologists. The Chronologers' Quest tells the fascinating story of our attempts to determine the age of the Earth. This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age, from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, and from Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radioactive dating of rocks and meteorites. The Chronologers' Quest is a readable account of the measurement of geological time. It will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, from those with little scientific background to students and scientists in a wide range of the Earth sciences.

Author : C. Philipp E. Nothaft
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004274129

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Medieval Latin Christian Texts on the Jewish Calendar by C. Philipp E. Nothaft Pdf

During the later Middle Ages (twelfth to fifteenth centuries), the study of chronology, astronomy, and scriptural exegesis among Christian scholars gave rise to Latin treatises that dealt specifically with the Jewish calendar and its adaptation to Christian purposes. In Medieval Latin Christian Texts on the Jewish Calendar C. Philipp E. Nothaft offers the first assessment of this phenomenon in the form of critical editions, English translations, and in-depth studies of five key texts, which together shed fascinating new light on the avenues of intellectual exchange between medieval Jews and Christians.

Author : Mano Singham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190055073

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The Great Paradox of Science by Mano Singham Pdf

Science has revolutionized our lives and continues to show inexorable progress today. It may seem obvious that this must be because its theories are steadily getting better and approaching the truth about the world. After all, what could science be progressing toward, if not the truth? But scholarship in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science offers little support for such a sanguine view. Those opposed to specific conclusions of the scientific community-nonbelievers in vaccinations, climate change, and evolution, for example-have been able to use a superficial understanding of the nature of science to sow doubt about the scientific consensus in those areas, leaving the general public confused as to whom to trust, with damaging effects for the health of individuals and the planet. The Great Paradox of Science argues that to better counter such anti-science efforts requires us to understand the nature of scientific knowledge at a much deeper level and dispel many myths and misconceptions. It is the use of scientific logic, the characteristics of which are elaborated on in the book, that enables the scientific community to arrive at reliable consensus judgments in which the public can retain a high degree of confidence. This scientific logic is applicable not just in science but can be used in all areas of life. Scientists, policymakers, and members of the general public will not only better understand why science works: They will also acquire the tools they need to make sound, rational decisions in all areas of their lives.

Author : A. Rudd
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230306004

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Sympathy and India in British Literature, 1770-1830 by A. Rudd Pdf

India was the object of intense sympathetic concern during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of imaginative engagement with British India? This study explores how a range of authors, from Edmund Burke and Sir William Jones to Robert Southey and Thomas Moore, sought to come to terms with India's strangeness and distance from Britain.

Author : Brenda Maddox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781632869135

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Reading the Rocks by Brenda Maddox Pdf

A rich and exuberant group biography of the early geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. The birth of geology was fostered initially by gentlemen whose wealth supported their interests, but in the nineteenth century, it was advanced by clergymen, academics, and women whose findings expanded the field. Reading the Rocks brings to life this eclectic cast of characters who brought passion, eccentricity, and towering intellect to the discovery of how Earth was formed. Geology opened a window on the planet's ancient past. Contrary to the Book of Genesis, the rocks and fossils dug up showed that Earth was immeasurably old. Moreover, fossil evidence revealed progressive changes in life forms. It is no coincidence that Charles Darwin was a keen geologist. Acclaimed biographer and science writer Brenda Maddox's story goes beyond William Smith, the father of English geology; Charles Lyell, the father of modern geology; and James Hutton, whose analysis of rock layers unveiled what is now called “deep time.” She also explores the livesof fossil hunter Mary Anning, the Reverend William Buckland, Darwin, and many others--their triumphs and disappointments, and the theological, philosophical, and scientific debates their findings provoked. Reading the Rocks illustrates in absorbing and revelatory details how this group of early geologists changed irrevocably our understanding of the world.

Author : Matthew Bampton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031272646

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The North Atlantic Polar Triangle by Matthew Bampton Pdf

This book explores the broad trajectory of the Holocene epoch in a region defined as the North Atlantic Polar Triangle (NAPT). The text is multi-disciplinary and synthetic, and focuses on the area extending from the North Pole to the Equator, and covers 60 degrees of longitude, encompassing the entire North Atlantic and significant parts of the land-masses that surround it. It discusses the physical, ecological and cultural history of the NAPT and its bordering regions after the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. It outlines the long-term changing relationships between environmental processes and humans within this single space, providing insight into the broader and more complex interactions happening globally. The author proposes, on the basis of the changes that can be documented in the NAPT, probable trajectories of change in other equally complex but less well-documented, and less geographically constrained Earth systems. It contributes to the ongoing discussion of human transformation of the world, and the current debate about the designation of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. It concludes by supporting the proposition that the Anthropocene is best understood as a boundary event, marking the upper limit of the Holocene, rather than as a new epoch. The intended audience includes physical geographers, anthropologists and readers exploring the synthetic analyses of the crisis humans currently confront as the world enters a period of extraordinary change

Author : Louis Marchildon
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811231193

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From Thales To Gravitational Waves: The Scientific Perspective by Louis Marchildon Pdf

Science has its roots in human curiosity. It is the process of exploration and research that has led to a better understanding of our surroundings: Copernicus set the Earth in its right place in our models of the Universe, Charles Darwin elucidated the mechanism of the evolution of living species, and Albert Einstein brought out the intimate connection between energy, space, and time.This book provides a reliable guide to acquaint oneself with the scientific process. It explains in easy terms how scientific investigation has historically developed to reach our present understanding of the world around us. It also discusses the place of science in modern society in relation to culture and to the technological advances that it brings.

Author : Martin J. S. Rudwick
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226421971

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Earth's Deep History by Martin J. S. Rudwick Pdf

Mammoths and dinosaurs, tropical forests in northern Europe and North America, worldwide ice ages, continents colliding and splitting apart, comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically onto the Earth - these are just some of the surprising features of the eventful history of our planet, stretched out over several billion years. But how was it all discovered, how was the evidence for the Earth’s long history collected and interpreted, and what sorts of people put together this reconstruction of a deep past that no human beings could ever have witnessed? In Earth’s Deep History, Martin J. S. Rudwick tells the gripping story of the gradual realization that the Earth’s history has not only been unimaginably long but also astonishingly eventful in utterly unexpected ways. Rudwick, the world’s premier historian of the Earth sciences, is the first to make the story of the discovery of the Earth’s deep history attractively accessible to readers without prior knowledge of either the history or the science, and in so doing he reveals why it matters to us today.

Author : Cynthia V. Burek,Colin D. Prosser
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1862392544

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The History of Geoconservation by Cynthia V. Burek,Colin D. Prosser Pdf

This book is the first to describe the history of geoconservation. It draws on experience from the UK, Europe and further afield, to explore topics including: what is geoconservation; where, when and how did it start; who was responsible; and how has it differed across the world? Geological and geomorphological features, processes, sites and specimens, provide a resource of immense scientific and educational importance. They also form the foundation for the varied and spectacular landscapes that help define national and local identity as well as many of the great tourism destinations. Mankind's activities, including contributing to enhanced climate change, pose many threats to this resource: the importance of safeguarding and managing it for future generations is now widely accepted as part of sustainable development. Geoconservation is an established and growing activity across the world, with more participants and a greater profile than ever before. This volume highlights a history of challenges, set-backs, successes and visionary individuals and provides a sound basis for taking geoconservation into the future.

Author : Henry Fynes CLINTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001101905920

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Fasti Hellenici. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece, from the Earliest Accounts to the Death of Augustus by Henry Fynes CLINTON Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Creationism
ISBN : UOM:49015003458958

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Reports of the National Center for Science Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Matthew S. Champion,Serena Masolini,C. Philipp E. Nothaft
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789462702448

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Peter de Rivo on Chronology and the Calendar by Matthew S. Champion,Serena Masolini,C. Philipp E. Nothaft Pdf

Critical edition of previously unpublished works by a key philosopher of the fifteenth-century Low Countries Peter de Rivo (c.1420–1499), a renowned philosopher active at the University of Leuven, is today mostly remembered for his controversial role in the quarrel over future contingents (1465–1475). Much less known are his contributions to historical chronology, in particular his attempts to determine the dates of Christ’s birth and death. In 1471, Peter made an original contribution to this long-standing discussion with his Dyalogus de temporibus Christi, which reconciles conflicting views by rewriting the history of the Jewish and Christian calendars. Later in his career, Peter tackled the issue of calendar reform in his Reformacio kalendarii Romani (1488) and engaged in a heated debate with Paul of Middelburg on the chronology of Christ. This book edits the Dyalogus and Reformacio and sets out their context and transmission in an extensive historical introduction.

Author : Roger T. Beckwith
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047415473

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Calendar, Chronology and Worship by Roger T. Beckwith Pdf

This is a wide-ranging book, dealing with many topics of current interest in relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls, early Jewish and Christian Worship and their links, the religious Calendar, ancient Chronology, the Old Testament Psalter and New Testament eschatology.