Compare and Contrast the Attempts by James Ussher and Lord

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Essay

Compare and contrast the attempts by James Ussher and Lord Kelvin to measure the age of Earth. Explain what they did and why it was or was not scientific.

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Definitions:

Negative Feedback Loop

A process in a system where some function of the output of a system process reduces the effect of changes in the input, stabilizing the system.

Chemical Reactions

Processes in which substances interact to form new substances with different chemical and physical properties.

Scientific Laws

Principles based on empirical evidence that describe and predict natural phenomena, often expressed in mathematical form.

Occupies Space

A characteristic of physical objects that have a measurable size and volume, existing within a three-dimensional area.