The universal timekeepers : reconstructing history atom by atom /
Helfand, D. J. 1950-
The universal timekeepers : reconstructing history atom by atom / David J. Helfand - 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Calling the witnesses to history -- 2. Conceptualizing the atom: from philosophy to science -- 3. The atom: a utilitarian view -- 4. The elements: our complete set of blocks -- 5. Isotopes: elemental flavors -- 6. Radioactivity: the imperturbable clock -- 7. Stolen and forged: forensic art history -- 8. The carbon clock: pinning down dates -- 9. History without words: lime and lead and poop -- 10. You are what you eat -- 11. Paleoclimate: taking the Earth's temperature long ago 12. The eeath of the dinosaurs: an atomic view -- 13. Evolution: from meteorites to cyanobacteria -- 14. What's up in the air? Earth's evolving atmosphere -- 15. Our sun's birthday: the solar system in formation -- 16. Stardust creation: building the building blocks -- 17. In the beginning -- Epilogue: A quark's tale -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index
David J. Helfand reconstructs the history of the universe-back to its first microsecond 13.8 billion years ago-with the help of atoms
9780231558686 0231558686
22573/cats6617409 JSTOR
Cosmochronology.
Cosmology.
Atoms.
Cosmochronologie.
Cosmologie.
Atomes.
cosmology.
SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular
Atoms
Cosmochronology
Cosmology
QB466.C67 / H45 2023eb
523.1
The universal timekeepers : reconstructing history atom by atom / David J. Helfand - 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Calling the witnesses to history -- 2. Conceptualizing the atom: from philosophy to science -- 3. The atom: a utilitarian view -- 4. The elements: our complete set of blocks -- 5. Isotopes: elemental flavors -- 6. Radioactivity: the imperturbable clock -- 7. Stolen and forged: forensic art history -- 8. The carbon clock: pinning down dates -- 9. History without words: lime and lead and poop -- 10. You are what you eat -- 11. Paleoclimate: taking the Earth's temperature long ago 12. The eeath of the dinosaurs: an atomic view -- 13. Evolution: from meteorites to cyanobacteria -- 14. What's up in the air? Earth's evolving atmosphere -- 15. Our sun's birthday: the solar system in formation -- 16. Stardust creation: building the building blocks -- 17. In the beginning -- Epilogue: A quark's tale -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index
David J. Helfand reconstructs the history of the universe-back to its first microsecond 13.8 billion years ago-with the help of atoms
9780231558686 0231558686
22573/cats6617409 JSTOR
Cosmochronology.
Cosmology.
Atoms.
Cosmochronologie.
Cosmologie.
Atomes.
cosmology.
SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular
Atoms
Cosmochronology
Cosmology
QB466.C67 / H45 2023eb
523.1