Lord kelvin and the age of the earth
Auteur :
Burchfield, Joe D.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226080437
Date de publication :
15 mai 1990
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
397 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Burchfield charts the enormous impact made by Lord Kelvin's application of thermodynamic laws to the question of the earth's age and the heated debate his ideas sparked among British Victorian physicists, astronomers, geologists, and biologists.