'No one dared question his results': How thermodynamics sparked a heated debate about Earth's age in the 19th century
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In this excerpt from "This is Life: A Journey from Inside Your Body to Beyond Earth," author and physicist Christophe Galfard explores the way 19th century scientists were starting to use thermodynamics to understand just how old Earth is.
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'No one dared question his results': How thermodynamics sparked a heated debate about Earth's age in the 19th century
In this excerpt from "This is Life: A Journey from Inside Your Body to Beyond Earth," author and physicist Christophe Galfard explores the way 19th century scientists were starting to use thermodynamics to understand just how old Earth is.
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