ICSC302 Homework1 Warasinee Apirakdacharchai ID 5080048 Question 2 (Note: I will hand in the timeline in class because I draw it by hand

and I have no scanner )

List Albert Einstein's birth Newton's birth

Date / year
According to: Historical record

In Centimeter/ Kilometer 0.15 cm 0.35 cm

14 March 1879
According to: On some Historical account and some conflict account

4 Jan 1643 (some said 25 Dec 1642) Leonardo Da Vinci's birth Jesus's birth
According to: Historical record

0.55 cm 2.05 cm

15 April 1452
According to: Biblical record and Historical record

14 May 6 BC (some said 5BC) Archimedes' Birth Buddha's birth

According to: Historical record

2.28 cm 2.6 cm

278 BC
According to: Religious record and historical record

600BC (some said 543 BC) The founding of china: Hsia Dynasty Pyramid of Giza Oldest human civilization: Mesopotamia (Sumerians, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian) The earliest dinosaur The earliest insect The earliest fish
According to: Scientific study According to: Historical record

4.2 cm 4.6 cm 9 cm

2200BC
According to: Historical record

2560 BC
According to: Historical record

7000 BC

2.3 km 4 km 5.3 km

230 Ma
According to: Scientific study

400 Ma
According to: Scientific study

530 Ma

The first multicellular The first living thing

According to: Scientific study

10 km 38 km

1000 Ma
According to: Scientific study

3800 Ma

Question 3: How do we estimate the age of the earth? Age of the earth: 4.6 billion years By studying the rocks with the use of radioactive method = Mainly uranium, but there are other isotopes that works as well. The 2 elements that are examined are Uranium and Lead. We compare the elements to find out the answer because each element has a constant delay rate, so they works like a clock. Even though non of the rocks is found to be 4.6 billion years old, some were discovered to be nearly 4 billion years old. How do we know the age of the sun? I have read through many studies about the age of the sun. There are many methods that scientists use: 1. Luminosity: By looking at the energy that the earth's surface receive from the sun which is not difficult to measure. Then calculate the total life time. 2. Radiometric -Dating: Lord Kelvin- by examine with helium and hydrogen 3. Carbon-14 Dating: By taking a sample of rock from the solar system to study about the breaking down of carbon. From this they would know the age of the solar system and then would be able to assume the age of the sun. 4. Burning of Hydrogen: By see the amount of Hydrogen in the sun and rate which its burns However, there are still some other method that people came out with.