In good time -- Tempus fugit -- time flies -- The importance of understanding time -- The early chronologers -- Time's arrow and time's cycle -- The determination of relative time -- beds in order -- Measurement of absolute time -- the age of the Earth -- Archaeological time -- Time future
Summary
Man's fascination with time, its extent and its measurement, is Paul Lyle's starting point as he considers the relationship of deep time and the Earth's geological resources with modern consumer society
