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Oct 2007
42m 29s

Lecture 27: Deep Time - The Age of the E...

Richard Pogge
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How old is the Earth? In this lecture I review the ideas of cyclic and linear time, and how this determines whether or not the question of the age of the Earth is meaningful. I then review various ways people have tried to estimate the age of the Earth, starting with historical ages that equate human history with the physical history of Earth. We then lo ... Show More
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