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100 1 _aFaul, Henry,
_d1920-1981
245 1 0 _aNuclear Clocks :
_bRevised
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aUnderstanding the atom
500 _aRelease date is 2015-05-29
508 _aProduced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Nuclear Clocks" by Henry Faul is a scientific publication released during the mid-20th century. This informative booklet delves into the principles and applications of radioactive decay for determining the ages of various geological and archaeological finds. It focuses on the intricate details of dating techniques, specifically highlighting methods like carbon-14 dating, rubidium-strontium clocks, and uranium-lead dating. The book explains the concept of "nuclear clocks" as mechanisms that utilize the predictable rates of radioactive decay to calculate the age of materials, such as rocks, fossils, and artifacts. Faul discusses the theoretical foundations of nuclear age measurement, alongside practical processes and results from several dating methods, demonstrating their significance in understanding the Earth's history, geological time scales, and human evolution. The text is designed to enhance public knowledge of nuclear energy's impact on society, emphasizing its importance for Americans to grasp the implications of this profound scientific knowledge for responsible citizenship and appreciation of natural history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aRadioactive dating
830 0 _aUnderstanding the atom
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49070
999 _c89908
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