Title: The Abyss of Time: Changing Conceptions of the Earth's Antiquity After the Sixteenth Century
Publisher: J.P. Tarcher
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 087477389X
ISBN 13: 9780874773897
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Very Good

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Accessible, entertaining work addresses Earth's age as it explores the work of Hooke, Buffon, Lyell, Cuvier, Darwin, Agassiz, and others, detailing discoveries that led to knowledge of Earth's astonishing antiquity — from Steno's contemplation of fossilized shark's teeth in 1666 through Holmes' time scales of 1960. Nominated for the American Book Award. 29 black-and-white illustrations.

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