A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Transmuted Past (A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set) (Volume 2)

Transmuted Past follows the development of theories of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis in the twentieth century and describes radiometric methods for estimating the age of the Earth. Professor Brush also offers perspectives on the changing reputation of planetary science relative to the "pure" sciences, such as physics, and a comparison of history and geology as ways of studying the past.