Brent Dalrymple
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G. Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937 ) is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and National Medal of Science winner.[1]
He was born in Alhambra, California. After receiving a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, Dalrymple went to work at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Menlo Park, California. In 1994 he left the USGS to accept a position at Oregon State University, where he served on the faculty until retiring in 2001. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2003, Dalrymple was awarded the National Medal of Science.[2] He was presented with the Medal at a ceremony in 2005.[3]
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[edit] Selected publications
- Dalrymple, Brent (1994). The Age of the Earth. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804723311.
- Dalrymple, Brent (2004). Ancient Earth, ancient skies: the age of Earth and its cosmic surroundings. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804749337.
- Allan, Cox; Richard R. Doell and G. Brent Dalrymple (15 June 1963). "Geomagnetic Polarity Epochs and Pleistocene Geochronometry". Nature 198 (4885): 1049–1051. doi:10.1038/1981049a0.
[edit] References
- ^ Lubick, Naomi (April 2005). "G. Brent Dalrymple: Deep time in a tarpaper shack". Geotimes. http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/apr05/profiles.html. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science
- ^ "NCSE Supporter Dalrymple receives National Medal of Science". National Center for Science Education. February 16, 2005. http://ncse.com/news/2005/02/ncse-supporter-dalrymple-receives-national-medal-science-00781. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
[edit] Sources
- American Geophysical Union (includes photo)
[edit] External links
- A Natural History of Time by Brent Dalrymple
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