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Chronicling one of the great scientific adventures of our time, the eminent geochemist Claude Allegrave;gre offers a fascinating glimpse into the sophisticated isotopic detective work that has established a geologic chronology of the earth and transformed our understanding of its genesis and history. From the fossil collecting methods of eighteenth--century geologists to the development of high resolution mass spectronomy, this book provides an engaging introduction to the history, methods, and theories of modern geology.Allegre, Claude is the author of 'From Stone to Star:view of Mod.geology' with ISBN 9780674838666 and ISBN 0674838661.
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