About this episode

This episode discusses Lord Kelvin's miscalculation of the age of the earth during the Victorian era.

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

Topics covered

• age of the earth
• Lord Kelvin
• Victorian science
• scientific miscalculations
• geology

Keywords

• Lord Kelvin
• age of the earth
• Victorian scientist
• geology
• scientific history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Age of the Earth

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