TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hedman,Matthew
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The age of everything: how science explores the past 
AV  - CC78 .H44 2007eb
U1  - 930.1 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Archaeological dating
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Radiocarbon dating
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - Geochronometry
KW  - Earth
KW  - Age
KW  - Solar system
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10381168
ER  -