Thousands, not billions
Subtitle: challenging an icon of evolution : questioning the age of the Earth
By: Don DeYoung.
Publisher: Master Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Green Forest, AR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis I-II, 3 -- Language, style.; Radioisotopes in geology.; Hebrew language -- Verb.; Creationism.; Earth -- Age.
Notes: This book summarizes the research and results of the eight-year project titled Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE).  The full research was published (in 2000 and 2005) in two technical volumes titled Radioisotopes and the age of the Earth.  Project sponsors included Institute for Creation Research and Creation Research Society, with start-up support from Answers in Genesis Ministries.  Researchers included seven scientists and one biblical Hebrew scholar: Dr. Steven A. Austin, Dr. Andrew Snelling, Dr. John Baumgardner, Dr. Eugene F. Chaffin, Dr. Donald B. DeYoung, Dr. D. Russell Humphreys, Dr. Larry Vardiman and Dr. Steven W. Boyd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-[186]) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to RATE; title: A brief history of radiation studies; title: Overview of radioisotope dating; title: Carbon-14 dating / [research by John Baumgardner]; title: Helium retention in zircon crystals / [research by Russell Humphreys]; title: Radiohalos in granite / [research by Andrew Snelling]; title: Fission tracks in zircons / [research by Andrew Snelling]; title: Discordant radioisotope dates / [research by Steven Austin]; title: Radioisotope dating case studies / [research by Andrew Snelling]; title: Theories of accelerated nuclear decay / [research by Eugene Chaffin]; title: A proper reading of Genesis 1:1-2:3 / [research by Steven Boyd]; title: RATE conclusions.