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100	1		_aLewis, Cherry _d1947-
245	1	4	_aThe dating game: _bone man's search for the age of the earth / _cCherry Lewis
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2000.
300			_aix, 253p. _bill. ; _c23 cm.
500			_a"It is perhaps a little indelicate to ask of our Mother Earth her age, but science acknowledges no shame."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	1		_a"The Dating Game tells the story of one man's vision of developing a geological timescale that would finally lead to an accurate date for the Age of the Earth. Despite scientific opposition, financial hardship and personal tragedy, Arthur Holmes, greatest geologist of the twentieth century, fought for fifty years to convince the establishment of an Earth of great antiquity: a fight which eventually transformed the moribund 'art' of geology into a dynamic science." "Cherry Lewis' writing brings Holmes back to life and weaves his adventures, loves and losses, around the early history and science of dating the Earth, and the discovery of radioactivity - the clock that tells geological time."--BOOK JACKET.
600	1	0	_aHolmes, Arthur _d1890-1965.
600	1	4	_aHolmes, Arthur
650		0	_aGeological time
650		0	_aEarth : Age
650		0	_aHolmes, Arthur : Biographical sketch
651		0	_aEarth _xAge.
856	4	1	_3Sample text
856	4	2	_3Publisher description
856	4	1	_3Table of contents
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information
900			_bTOC
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