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ERIC Number: EJ364179
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Cooling Spheres and Accumulating Lead: The History of Attempts to Date the Earth's Formation.
Brush, Stephen G.
Science Teacher, v54 n9 p29-34 Dec 1987
Presents a chronology of scientific efforts designed to determine the age of the earth. Summarizes scientists' attempts at dating the planet's formation, including the examination of lead in the environment, the calculation of the earth's cooling temperature and time, the study of geological sedimentation and the analysis of moon rocks. (TW)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, College Science, Ecology, Environmental Education, Geology, Higher Education, Science Education, Science History, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Time
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Earth Dating