num_pages: 272
description: How old is the Earth? At the end of the nineteenth century, scientists were all looking for a clock that would provide an answer to this, the greatest Time question of all. The Dating Game tells the story of one man's vision of developing a geological timescale, a great vision which lasted fifty years despite scientific opposition, financial hardship and personal tragedy. Arthur Holmes fought to convince The Establishment of an Earth of great antiquity: a fight which eventually transformed the moribund 'art' of geology into a dynamic science.
language: English
title: The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth
titlecomplete: The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth
genres: Science, History Of Science, History, Geology
ratings_count: 40
publisher: Cambridge University Press