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_aHelfand, D. J. _q(David J.), _d1950- _eauthor. _923854 |
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_aThe universal timekeepers : _breconstructing history atom by atom / _cDavid J. Helfand |
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_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c[2023] |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aAcknowledgments -- 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 | |
| 505 | 8 | _a12. 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 | |
| 520 | _aDavid J. Helfand reconstructs the history of the universe-back to its first microsecond 13.8 billion years ago-with the help of atoms | ||
| 588 | _aDescription based upon print version of record | ||
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