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Post by turoldus on Jan 21, 2009 19:49:13 GMT
Obviously there is still work to be done: "Based on the cooling rate of iron, he calculated that the age of the earth was 75,000 years. For this he was condemned by the Catholic Church in France and his books were burned." The article cites an article in Hutchinson encyclopaeadia of biographies
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Post by humphreyclarke on Jan 21, 2009 20:28:33 GMT
Obviously there is still work to be done: "Based on the cooling rate of iron, he calculated that the age of the earth was 75,000 years. For this he was condemned by the Catholic Church in France and his books were burned." The article cites an article in Hutchinson encyclopaeadia of biographies Hmmm. Looks like they spiced the story up a bit.
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