Kelvin, Perry and the age of the earth

The earliest credible account on the age of the Earth came from William Thomson, better known as Lord Kelvin and from his assistant John Perry. They estimated the Earth age by taking into account heat measurements. Kelvin used the Fourier transformation which had shown that diffusion equation, in wh...

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Main Authors: England, P, Molnar, P, Richter, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007