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Era birth year orders earth scientists by the year each one was born. Wikipedia records that Alfred Wegener lived from "1 November 1880" until his death in 1930, a lifetime that ended three decades before his own theory won acceptance. Browsing by birth year sets a scientist alongside the peers working in the same generation.

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Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves. 1
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Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures inherent in the rocks themselves.
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