Nature's clocks : how scientists measure the age of almost everything / Doug Macdougall.
| Author/creator | Macdougall, J. D., 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | No vestige of a beginning-- -- Mysterious rays -- Wild Bill's quest -- Changing perceptions -- Getting the lead out -- Dating the boundaries -- Clocking evolution -- Ghostly forests and Mediterranean volcanoes -- More and more from less and less. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-263) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007046955 |
| ISBN | 9780520249752 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520249755 (cloth : alk. paper) |