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Story Behind the Science: Understanding Earth's Age [Pdf]

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Article describing early efforts, beginning with Aristotle, to determine the Earth's age, and the influence of current culture on the acceptability of new and radical scientific theories. Questions are posed throughout about the nature of scientific theories.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)