The Age of the Earth. FIRST EDITION.

HOLMES, Arthur

Verlag: London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913.

Frontispiece (with figs. 1-4), xii, 196 pp; 3 plates (with figs. 5-8, 12-13), and 7 figs. (9-11, 14-17) printed in the text. Original cloth. Discoloration along bottom margin of rear cover (see photo). Leaves opened somewhat roughly. Very Good. First Edition. "In 1912 [at age 22], as an assistant demonstrator at Imperial College, Holmes wrote the first of three editions of his celebrated booklet 'The Age of the Earth' (1913 [offered here], 1927, 1937)" (Oxford DNB). Holmes "enrolled to study physics at the Royal College of Science (now Imperial College London), but took a course in geology in his second year which settled his future. Then after graduation in 1910, he took a job prospecting for minerals in Mozambique but caught malaria and which force him to return to the UK, where he took up a demonstrator's role at Imperial College in 1912. . . . During his final year as a student, in 1910, he pioneered the use of radiometric dating, a technique that can be used to date rocks and minerals. It was this method which allowed scientists to discover the age of specimens which are many millions of years old, and eventually to attempt to discover the age of the Earth itself. Initially Holmes was reluctant to comment on this topic, but by 1913 he had published results in a book entitled 'The Age of the Earth' [offered here] indicating that some of the oldest rocks identified were 1.6 billion years old. . . . His promotion of radiometric dating theory over the next decades he earned the nickname of 'Father of modern geochronology' " (Edinburgh Geological Society website; for additional information, search online for "Arthur Holmes: The most famous British geologist you have never heard of"). NOTE: You could have paid $1650 (the price of a copy sold in July 2022). But why not save some money? Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16891

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Titel: The Age of the Earth. FIRST EDITION.
Verlag: London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913.
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition