| Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Turney, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403985995 ISBN-13: 9781403985996 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: Understanding how we pinpoint the past is crucial to putting the present in perspective and planning for the future. Now, for the first time, journalist and geologist Chris Turney explains to the non-specialist exactly how archaeologists, paleontologists, and geologists "tell the time." Each chapter explores one famous event or object from the past, walking readers step by step through the detective work used to determine when things happened. From the Ice Age to the pyramids, from human evolution to the Shroud of Turin, Turney reveals how written records, carbon, pollen, constellations, DNA sequencing, and more all play a part in solving the mystery of the true age of objects and events. As we struggle to manage current environmental threats and conservation troubles, we ignore or misunderstand these techniques and their results at our peril. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Time - Science | Earth Sciences - General - Science | History |
| Dewey: 550 |
| LCCN: 2006040954 |
| Series: MacMillan Science |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.08" W x 8" (0.66 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is the Turin Shroud? When were the Pyramids built? Why did the dinosaurs die out? How did the Earth take shape? With questions like these, says Chris Turney, time is of the essence. And understanding how we pinpoint the past, he cautions, is crucial to putting the present in perspective and planning for the future. |