| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Carbon -- Isotopes.
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Carbon -- Isotopes. |
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Radiocarbon dating.
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Radiocarbon dating. |
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Radioactive dating.
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Radioactive dating. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Carbon-14 and a revolution in science |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Marra, John F. Hot carbon. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231186704 (DLC) 2018044692 (OCoLC)1057730940 |
| ISBN |
9780231546782 (electronic book) |
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0231546785 (electronic book) |
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9780231186704 |
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0231186703 |
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