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Woolfson, Michael Mark

Time and age : time machines, relativity, and fossils / Michael Mark Woolfson - London Imperial College Press 2015 - 235 p.


The measurement of time -- Astronomical time -- Early recording of time -- Mechanical clocks -- Modern timekeeping -- Time and space -- The age of the universe -- The ages of globular clusters and young stars -- The age of the solar system -- The age of the continents -- The ages of fossils -- The history of life on earth -- The ages of archaeological remains.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The measurement of time -- Astronomical time -- Early recording of time -- Mechanical clocks -- Modern timekeeping -- Time and space -- The age of the universe -- The ages of globular clusters and young stars -- The age of the solar system -- The age of the continents -- The ages of fossils -- The history of life on earth -- The ages of archaeological remains.

ISBN: 9781783265831 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781783265848 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781783265848

LCCN: 2014047865

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Time measurements.
Clocks and watches--History.
Space and time.
Special relativity (Physics)
Statistical astronomy.
Geological time.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Earth (Planet)--Age.

LC Class. No.: QB213 / .W84 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 529 WOO-M