Hedman, Matthew, 1974-

The age of everything how science explores the past / [electronic resource] : Matthew Hedman. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - 249 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The calendars of the classic Maya -- Precession, polaris, and the age of the pyramids -- The physics of carbon-14 -- Calibrating carbon-14 dates and the history of the air -- Carbon-14 and the peopling of the new world -- Potassium, argon, DNA, and walking upright -- Molecular dating and the many different types of mammals -- Meteorites and the age of the solar system -- Colors, brightness, and the age of stars -- Distances, redshifts, and the age of the universe -- Parameterizing the age of the universe.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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Archaeological dating.
Archaeology--Technological innovations.
Radiocarbon dating.
Science--History.
Geochronometry.


Earth--Age.
Solar system--Age.


Electronic books.

CC78 / .H44 2007

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