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ERIC Number: EJ652776
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
Calculating the Age of the Earth and the Sun.
Stinner, Arthur
Physics Education, v37 n4 p296-305 Jul 2002
Explains attempts to calculate the ages of the earth and the sun from an historical perspective by reviewing the works of Newton, Count de Buffon, Helmholtz, Kelvin, and Hans Bethe. (YDS)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Physics, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Scientists
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Newton (Isaac); Sun; United Kingdom