1989
DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0889-90
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The Age-of-the-Earth Debate

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“…After the discovery of radioactivity, and that radioactive decay generated heat inside the planet, a slower cooling rate had to be assumed for our planet (Joly, 1909), implying that Earth was not contracting at all or the contraction was too small to generate the observed tectonic structures. Furthermore, the radiometric age determinations (Holmes, 1913;Badash, 1989) were essential in determining a reliable timeframe for the geological events that contributed to the undermining of the contraction theory (Stinner, 2002). Finally, paleomagnetic studies were showing that diverging apparent polar wandering paths on different continents confirmed the change of reciprocal continents' position through time (Runcorn, 1956;Carey, 1958;Collinson and Runcorn, 1960).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…After the discovery of radioactivity, and that radioactive decay generated heat inside the planet, a slower cooling rate had to be assumed for our planet (Joly, 1909), implying that Earth was not contracting at all or the contraction was too small to generate the observed tectonic structures. Furthermore, the radiometric age determinations (Holmes, 1913;Badash, 1989) were essential in determining a reliable timeframe for the geological events that contributed to the undermining of the contraction theory (Stinner, 2002). Finally, paleomagnetic studies were showing that diverging apparent polar wandering paths on different continents confirmed the change of reciprocal continents' position through time (Runcorn, 1956;Carey, 1958;Collinson and Runcorn, 1960).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth Debate (Stinner & Teichman 2003) reveals a story of the arrogance of physicists and, in its afterword, the lesson that the argument was only resolved after much more debate and new discoveries (see also Burchfield, 1975;Badash 1989;Brush 1996;Hellman 1998).…”
Section: Dramatic Arts In Sciencementioning
confidence: 97%
“…O livro de Burchfield [1]é uma excelente introdução ao assunto. Uma introdução curta, mas esclarecedoraé o artigo de Badash [2]. Os aspectos técnicos e mais modernos da questão como por exemplo, os métodos de datação por decaimento radioativo são discutidos por Dalrymple [4].…”
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“…Para os gregos, por exemplo, o mundoé cíclico e contar o tempo transcorrido desde a sua criação não fazia sentido. A questão da contagem do tempo decorrido desde a criação foi considerada pelo povo judeu e introduzida no Ocidente somente com o advento do Cristianismo [1,2]. As primeiras cronologias são fundamentadas nos textos bíblicos e se devem a Teófilo de Antióquia (c.115-c.183), a Júlio Africano (fl.200-fl.250) e a Eusébio da Cesárea (c.260-c.340).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
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