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Ages in Chaos: James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time
Ages in Chaos James Hutton and the Discovery of Deep Time
Author: Stephen Baxter
In the eighteenth century, the received wisdom, based on biblical calculations, was that the Earth was just six thousand years old. James Hutton, a gentleman with a passion for rocks, knew that could not be the case. Looking at the irregular strata of the Earth he deduced that a much longer span of time would be required for the landscape he saw...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780765312686
ISBN-10: 0765312689
Publication Date: 8/8/2006
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Forge Books
Book Type: Paperback
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