Hot carbon : carbon-14 and a revolution in science /
Marra, John F.,
Hot carbon : carbon-14 and a revolution in science / Carbon-14 and a revolution in science John F. Marra. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Aboard the Research Vessel Endeavor, South of Iceland, May 1991; 1. Discovery; 2. Discovery's Wake; 3. The "Invisible Phenomenon"; 4. Dating; 5. Photosynthesis; 6. Calvin's Cycle; 7. Scintillations and Accelerations; 8. The Shroud of Turin and Other Relics; 9. Ocean Circulation; 10. Carbon-14 in the Ocean; 11. Ocean Fertility; 12. Resolution: Plankton Rate Processes in Oligotrophic Oceans; 13. Carbon-14 and Climate; Epilogue; Appendix 1. List of Nobel Prize Winners Mentioned; Appendix 2. The Periodic Table of Elements; Notes
There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. In Hot Carbon, John F. Marra tells the untold story of this scientific revolution, weaving together the workings of the many disciplines that employ carbon-14 with gripping tales of the individuals who pioneered its possibilities.
9780231546782
Carbon--Isotopes.
Radiocarbon dating.
Radioactive dating.
Electronic Books.
QD181 / .H683 2019
Hot carbon : carbon-14 and a revolution in science / Carbon-14 and a revolution in science John F. Marra. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Aboard the Research Vessel Endeavor, South of Iceland, May 1991; 1. Discovery; 2. Discovery's Wake; 3. The "Invisible Phenomenon"; 4. Dating; 5. Photosynthesis; 6. Calvin's Cycle; 7. Scintillations and Accelerations; 8. The Shroud of Turin and Other Relics; 9. Ocean Circulation; 10. Carbon-14 in the Ocean; 11. Ocean Fertility; 12. Resolution: Plankton Rate Processes in Oligotrophic Oceans; 13. Carbon-14 and Climate; Epilogue; Appendix 1. List of Nobel Prize Winners Mentioned; Appendix 2. The Periodic Table of Elements; Notes
There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. In Hot Carbon, John F. Marra tells the untold story of this scientific revolution, weaving together the workings of the many disciplines that employ carbon-14 with gripping tales of the individuals who pioneered its possibilities.
9780231546782
Carbon--Isotopes.
Radiocarbon dating.
Radioactive dating.
Electronic Books.
QD181 / .H683 2019