Open AccessThe Dating Game: One Man’s Search for the Age of the Earth
Author(s) -
Paul R. Renne
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
physics today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1945-0699
pISSN - 0031-9228
DOI - 10.1063/1.1420559
Subject(s) - earth (classical element) , astrobiology , history , geology , physics , astronomy
1. Prelude to the game 2. A brief history of time 3. Darwin's sorest trouble 4. Mysterious rays 5. Doomsday postponed 6. Holidays in Mozambique 7. This vegetable prison 8. A brimful of promise 9. Liquid gold in Yenangyaung 10. Durham days 11. The Ardnamurchan affair 12. Rewards and retributions 13. Why does the sun shine? 14. The age of uranium 15. The age of the Earth 16. Loose ends Thanks and acknowledgements Selected bibliography.
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