This is a definitive, masterly history and synthesis of all that has been said (by theologians and scientists) and is known to science about the question, How old is the Earth? 'The best witness to the scientific argument that our planet is not thousands, nor even millions, but rather billions of years old.' -Science Books and Films 'This magnificent book ...is both authoritative and delightfully written...An enormously important book written by an expert for the general scientific public...Must reading for all interested in the antiquity of nature.' -The Quarterly Review of Biology