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A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Transmuted Past(Volume 2 A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set)


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Where did we come from? Before there was life there had to be something to live on - a planet, a solar system. During the past 200 years, astronomers and geologists have developed and tested several different theories about the origin of the solar system and the nature of the Earth. The three volumes that together make up A History of Modern Planetary Physics present a survey of these theories. The age of the Earth has been one of the most disputed numbers in science since the seventeenth century. Transmuted Past follows the development of theories of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis in the twentieth century and describes radiometric methods for estimating the age of the Earth. Professor Brush also offers perspectives on the changing reputation of planetary science relative to the 'pure' sciences, such as physics, and a comparison of history and geology as ways of studying the past.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Earth/History: 1. Introduction; 2. History and geology as ways of studying the past; 3. Kelvin and geological time; 4. Planetary science: from underground to underdog; Part II. Time and the Elements: 5. Cosmic evolution of matter; 6. Geochronology in the 20th century; 7. Stellar evolution and the origin of the elements.

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' ... can be highly recommended as a reference on the history of plantogonies.' Dr K. Regenauer-Lieb, Meteorite 'These three volumes give a very interesting overview of the historic development of theories beginning with the 17th century and ending in the 1980s, which have led to our present day understanding of the possible processes that have been involved in the formation of our solar system including Earth.' Open University Geological Society Journal '... a well-written and illustrated product ... ' David Oldroyd, Metascience


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  • ISBN-13: 9780521552134
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 146
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Volume 2 A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set
  • Sub Title: Transmuted Past
  • Width: 10 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521552133
  • Publisher Date: 23 Feb 1996
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 156 mm
  • Weight: 435 gr


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