Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth

Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists.
"Anyone interested in geologic time, and that should include all geologists and a fair smattering of biologists, physicists and chemists, should make Burchfield's commendable and time-tested volume part of their personal library"—Brent Darymple, "Quartely Review of Biology"

Summary

Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists.

Product details

• Authors: Joe D. Burchfield, Burchfield Joe D.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1990
• EAN: 9780226080437
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08043-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 397 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Historical Geology, Historical geology and palaeogeology