1. Nucleosynthesis and nuclear decay; 2. Mass spectrometry; 3. The Rb-Sr method; 4. The Sm-Nd method; 5. Lead isotopes; 6. Isotope geochemistry of oceanic volcanics; 7. Isotope geochemistry of continental rocks; 8. Osmium isotopes; 9. Lu-Hf, Ba-La-Ce, and K-Ca systems; 10. K-Ar, Ar-Ar and U-He dating; 11. Noble gas geochemistry; 12. U-series dating; 13. U-series geochemistry of igneous systems; 14. Cosmogenic nuclides; 15. Extinct radionuclides; 16. Fission track dating; Appendix 1: chart of the nuclides; Appendix 2: meteorite types. ukryj opis