A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Transmuted Past (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521552134)

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.

Author: Stephen G. Brush
ISBN-10: 0521552133
ISBN-13: 9780521552134
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/23/1996
Pages: 146
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.57h x 6.37w x 0.57d