Compass American Guides: Texas, 2nd Edition (2nd Edition)
by Dick Reavis
Category: Texas

"This book investigates the many novel methods used in the search for the Earth's age from James Ussher and John Lightfoot examining biblical chronologies, Comte de Buffon and Lord Kelvin determining the length of time for the cooling of the Earth, to the more recent investigations of Arthur Holmes and Clair Patterson into radiometric dating of rocks and meteorites."--BOOK JACKET.