Book Review: The Age of the Earth

Author: G. Brent Dalrymple
Spiritual Bias: Unknown
Origins Bias: Evolutionist
Rating: Top Shelf
Level: Advanced

Comments: In this very technical book, Dalrymple explains why many scientists believe that the age of the earth is 4.5 billion years old and the universe is ~15 billion years old. He focuses mainly upon radiometric dating but also explores other chronometers. His history of man's dealing with the age of the earth is particularly interesting to those studying origins. Excellent treatise of the subject.

Summary Quote: "After more than two centuries of scientific endeavor, we have concluded that the age of the planet on which we live is 4.54 billion years. This value, which is based on the relationships between lead isotopes in meteorites and in the Earth, has an uncertainty of less than 1 percent and is consistent with numerous radiometric age measurements on ancient rocks found on the Earth and Moon as well as meteorites. In addition, the antiquity of the Earth is consistent with evidence indicating that the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe are of the order of 14-16 billion years in age."