Re: You know you're reading a Baen book if...

In article <ca08e94f-9df7-4fbe-92bd-11dd467ab73f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Moriarty <blues95@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Jul 11, 6:02=A0am, William Hyde <wthyde1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It was part and parcel of establishing this claim that lead Archbishop
Usher to decide that a universal
chronology was needed, and that required a starting date, hence the
4004 BC claim.

Ah yes, Ussher. Like many, I, with 20/20 hindsight, used to regard
him with amusement, hilarity even, over his 4004 BC claim. Then I
read Stephen Jay Gould's essay:

http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_house-ussher.html

That was quite interesting. Thanks for posting it.

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