How was Lord Kelvin’s criticism, that the earth was not old enough to support Darwin’s theory of evolution, addressed?
a. Darwin proved that Lord Kelvin’s mathematical calculation was wrong.
b. The later discovery of radioactivity demonstrated that Lord Kelvin’s calculation was incomplete.
c. The later discovery of the First Law of Thermodynamics demonstrated that Lord Kelvin’s calculation was incomplete.
d. Darwin proved that Lord Kelvin had measured the heat of the earth inaccurately.
B
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