THE JOHN C. LINDSAY MEMORIAL LECTURE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |
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By utilizing the basic building
blocks of matter as imperturbable little clocks,
we are now able to reconstruct
in quantitative detail a remarkable range of
human and natural events. From
a detailed history of human diet and the
Earth's climate to the events surrounding
the origin of the Solar System and the
history of the Universe itself,
the universal timekeepers provide us with a
precise chronology from the beginning
of time to the moment humans emerge to
contemplate such questions.