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The universal timekeepers : reconstructing history atom by atom / David J. Helfand

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]Copyright date: �2023Description: 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231558686
  • 0231558686
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: Universal timekeepersDDC classification:
  • 523.1 23/eng/20230609
LOC classification:
  • QB466.C67 H45 2023eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: David J. Helfand reconstructs the history of the universe-back to its first microsecond 13.8 billion years ago-with the help of atoms
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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

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