Relic, Icon or Hoax? Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud

Harry E Gove

ISBN 10: 0750303980 / ISBN 13: 9780750303989

Published by Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol & Philadelphia, 1996

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Story of the difficulties encountered during ten years of trying to date the famous relic, using accelerator mass spectrometry. Foreword by D Allan Bromley. 336pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine unmarked copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 008103

Bibliographic Details

Title: Relic, Icon or Hoax? Carbon Dating the Turin...

Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol & Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Illustrated Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book

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Synopsis:

Interest in the Turin Shroud continues to the present day even though it was finally carbon dated in 1988 and shown not to be of an age consistent with Christ's burial. Scientifically, the age of the shroud cloth is of little consequence, but to the general public, it is of considerable significance.

The author Harry E. Gove is a co-inventor of accelerator mass spectrometry and was responsible for its use in establishing whether the Turin Shroud could have been Christ's burial cloth. Relic, Icon or Hoax?: Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud presents an eyewitness account of the events that culminated in the final determination of the age of the linen cloth of the Turin Shroud and some of the subsequent reactions to the results. The book discusses the application of accelerator mass spectrometry to the carbon dating of the Turin Shroud using samples only a few square centimeters in area and weighing only a few tens of milligrams.

About the Author:

H. E. Gove is Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Rochester.