What is the Turin Shroud? When were the Pyramids built? Why did the dinosaurs die out? How did the Earth take shape? With questions like these, says Chris Turney, time is of the essence. And understanding how we pinpoint the past, he cautions, is crucial to putting the present in perspective and planning for the future.
| ISBN: | 9781403985996 |
| Publication date: | 13th June 2006 |
| Author: | Chris Turney |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 182 pages |
| Series: | Macmillan Science |
| Genres: |
Sociology History of science Life sciences: general issues Palaeontology Engineering: general Interdisciplinary studies |