About this title: Taking advantage of recent advances throughout the sciences, Matthew Hedman brings the distant past closer to us than it has ever been. Here, he shows how scientists have determined the age of everything from the colonization of the New World over 13,000 years ago to the origin of the universe nearly fourteen billion years ago.Hedman details, for example, how interdisciplinary studies of the Great Pyramids of Egypt can determine exactly when and how these incredible structures were built. He shows how the remains of humble trees can illuminate how the surface of the Sun has changed over the ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226322933ISBN:0226322939
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 2008-09-15
ISBN-13:9780226322933ISBN:0226322939
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 2007-11-01
ISBN-13:9780226322926ISBN:0226322920
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780226322926ISBN:0226322920
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780226322926ISBN:0226322920
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780226322926ISBN:0226322920
Description: New. The age of some things is easy to determine. For instance, by looking at the Declaration of Independence, we can establish that the United States is 231 years old. With a little ingenuity we can decode elegantly carved symbols found deep in the rain... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226322933ISBN:0226322939
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