A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Transmuted Past

ISBN-13: 9780521552134 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 146 str.

Stephen G. Brush

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: '… a well-written and illustrated product … ' David Oldroyd, Metascience

Spis treści

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.