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...Scientific Monthly, Dutch-born Astronomer D. Ter Haar of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, gives a roundup of evidence in support of the catastrophic theory. Ter Haar reasons that if the universe was formed at a single time, many objects in it should have roughly the same age. Then he gathers a collection of age estimates to see how closely they agree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Catastrophic Beginning | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

...earth and the moon became partners when the solar system was formed, the age of the earth-moon combination is also the age of the solar system. Because of the drag of the tides, the moon is slowly moving away from the earth. The best estimate, says Ter Haar, is that it took the moon two to four billion years to reach its present distance. This gives the age of the earth-moon partnership, and therefore the age of the solar system: two to four billion years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Catastrophic Beginning | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

...Haar's figures point to a kind of "beginning" not more than five billion years ago. They afford, he says, "one of the strongest arguments against the hypothesis of continuous creation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Catastrophic Beginning | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Palm-Olyf haar middel, Palm-Olyf haar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Hucksters Abroad | 8/24/1953 | See Source »

...hare heeldag netjies, Palm-Olyf haar middel, die familie haar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Hucksters Abroad | 8/24/1953 | See Source »

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