Many people helped in the production of this book. Dr Andrew Snelling, one of the authors of the original Answers Book, made helpful suggestions at various points in the expanded edition. Dr Werner Gitt provided much of the text of Chapter 9. Dr John Baumgardner helped with parts of the chapter on continental drift. Michael Oard also contributed significantly to the chapter on the Ice Age. Dr Russell Humphreys, Dr John Hartnett, and Dr Jim Mason helped with various aspects of the chapter on seeing distant starlight in a young universe. Dominic Statham helped in the revision of Chapter 17 for the eighth edition (2018).
Dr Len Morris, Rev. Jock Butterss, and Warren Nunn checked the first draft and made many helpful suggestions. Russell Grigg and Dr Tas Walker proof-read a later prepublication draft and made helpful suggestions and corrections. We also appreciated Dave White’s checking of the revised parts of the 2006 updated edition.
Brendon O’Loughlin created many of the special figures and images used in the book. Special thanks to Robert Smith for his charcoal drawings. Other people who have helped with advice on various points are: David Jolly and Professors Douglas Kelly and David Menton.
Abbreviations
CMI: Creation Ministries International
ICC: International Conference on Creationism
Ma: mega annum, or millions of years
Note: Journal of Creation has previously been published as TJ, CEN Tech. J., and Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal.
Metric conversions
1 centimetre (cm) | = 0.4 inches |
1 metre (m) | = 3.3 feet |
1 kilometre (km) | = 0.62 miles |
1 square kilometre (km2) | = 0.39 square miles |
1 cubic kilometre (km3) | = 0.24 cubic miles |
1 tonne | = 0.98 tons or 1.1 US (‘short’) tons |
0°C | = 32°F |
30°C | = 86°F |
-20°C | = -4°F |