ISBN: 9780767908276 - Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time (30 results)

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Hardback. Condition: Good. The untold story of the religious figures, philosophers, astronomers, geologists, physicists, and mathematicians who, for more than four hundred years, have pursued the answer to a fundamental question at the intersection of science and religion: When did the universe begin? The moment of the universe's conception is one of science's Holy Grails, investigated by some of the most brilliant and inquisitive minds across the ages. Few were more committed than Bishop James Ussher, who lost his sight during the fifty years it took him to compose his Annals of all known history, now famous only for one date: 4004 b.c. Ussher's date for the creation of the world was spectacularly inaccurate, but that didn't stop it from being so widely accepted that it was printed in early twentieth-century Bibles. As writer and documentary filmmaker Martin Gorst vividly illustrates in this captivating, character-driven narrative, theology let Ussher down just as it had thwarted Theophilus of Antioch and many before him. Geology was next to fail the test of time. In the eighteenth century, naturalist Comte de Buffon, working out the rate at which the earth was supposed to have cooled, came up with an age of 74,832 years, even though he suspected this was far too low. Biology then had a go in the hands of fossil hunter Johann Scheuchzer, who alleged to have found a specimen of a man drowned at the time of Noah's flood. Regrettably it was only the imprint of a large salamander. And so science inched forward via Darwinism, thermodynamics, radioactivity, and, most recently, the astronomers at the controls of the Hubble space telescope, who put the beginning of time at 13.4 billion years ago (give or take abillion). Taking the reader into the laboratories and salons of scholars and scientists, visionaries and eccentrics, Measuring Eternity is an engagingly written account of an epic, often quixotic quest, of how individuals who dedicated their lives to solving an enduring mystery advanced our knowledge of the universe. From the Hardcover edition.…

Hard cover. Broadway Books ed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name clean, tight pages No bent corners date stamps on closed pages HC 115 Very good in very good dust jacket.

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Soft Cover. Condition: vg-. 1st pb ptg. 338 pages including index; few b/w ils; very slight lean to spine; 7.5" tall; reading creases in spine & light creases to corners of front cover. Paperback.

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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. New York, Broadway Books 2001 first edition first printing, good cover, good dust jacket price intact, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung; Einriss bis 1 cm. This narrative explores the journey of religious figures, philosophers, astronomers, geologists, physicists, and mathematicians over four centuries as they sought to answer a crucial question at the crossroads of science and religion: When did the universe begin? The quest for the universe's conception has been pursued by some of history's most brilliant minds. Bishop James Ussher, for instance, dedicated fifty years to his work, concluding that the world was created in 4004 B.C. Although this date was wildly inaccurate, it gained widespread acceptance and appeared in early twentieth-century Bibles. Martin Gorst vividly illustrates how theology let Ussher down, as it had for others like Theophilus of Antioch. The eighteenth-century naturalist Comte de Buffon attempted to calculate the Earth's age, arriving at 74,832 years, while fossil hunter Johann Scheuchzer mistakenly identified a large salamander imprint as evidence of a drowned man from Noah's flood. Science progressed through Darwinism, thermodynamics, and radioactivity, culminating in astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to estimate the universe's age at approximately 13.4 billion years. This engaging account takes readers into the lives of scholars and scientists, chronicling their often quixotic quest to unravel the mystery of the universe's origins.…

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ISBN 0-7679-0827-9. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 8vo, black covers lettered gilt to spine, a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, 338pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. tiny sig. of prev. owner on f.e.p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st US printing. Hardback in jacket. 19.5x13.5cm. 338 pages with index. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Jacket is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref HM. Measuring Eternity. The Search for the Beginning of Time by Martin Gorst. Published in 2001 by Broadway Books, USA.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.