Bones, Rocks and Stars : The Science of When Things Happened

Omtale

A scientific journalist explains to lay readers how archaeologists, paleontologists, and geologists establish the time periods of past events and objects, in a step-by-step account that demystifies investigative dating processes, from written records and carbon dating to DNA sequencing and constellation charting, of such artifacts and periods as the pyramids, the Shroud of Turin, and the Ice Age. Reprint.