The Abyss of Time: Changing Conceptions of the Earth's Antiquity After the Sixteenth Century
Language: English
Published by Tarcher, 1986
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- Title
- The Abyss of Time: Changing Conceptions of the Earth's Antiquity After the Sixteenth Century
- Author
- Claude C. Albritton Jr.
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 087477389X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874773897
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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