Egyptian Stars under Paris Skies

Author: Buchwald, Jed Z.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 66, Number 4, 2003, pp. 20-31

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 66:4, 2003

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:66.4.Egyptian

Abstract

An ancient (but how ancient?) zodiac rouses Napoleonic-era physicists to attempt calculations of the earth's age.

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