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By the turn of the twentieth century scientists were utilizing mechanics to develop profoundly new interpretations of our modern world. Concepts such as The Big Bang have indeed become well accepted nowadays. In addition, the field of geophysics has dramatically improved our understanding of our world. Among the new developments are the physics of meteors, tectonic plates, volcanoes, and glaciers. All of these phenomena seem to have inherent life spans, as demonstrated in this chapter.
There is, in nature, perhaps nothing older than motion….
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
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Allen, D.H. (2014). Life Cycles. In: How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01701-3_11
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