The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1568: The Age of the Earth

from Engines of Our Ingenuity · host Dr. John Lienhard

Episode: 1568 Lord Kelvin's miscalculation of the age of the earth. Today, a Victorian scientist miscalculates the age of the earth.

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