Bibliograph

A natural history of time, Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella

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A natural history of time, Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-453) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A natural history of time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

73742568

Responsibility statement

Pascal Richet ; translated by John Venerella

Table Of Contents

Time without a beginning? -- On the great book of Moses -- Genesis as viewed through the prism of natural philosophy -- Nature's admirable medals -- The march of the comets -- Heroic age, relative time -- The long history of two barons -- The elasticity of time -- The Pandora's box of physics -- The Sun, the Earth, radioactivity--and Kelvin's death -- The long quest of Arthur Holmes -- From the atomic bomb to the age of the Earth

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