[en] Nucleocosmochronology is reviewed, emphasising its model-independent foundation and both the model-independent and dependent results. The long-lived radionuclides ²³²Th/²³⁸U and ¹⁸⁷Re/¹⁸⁷Os set a lower limit on the age of the Universe of 8.7 x 10⁹ yr by their model-independent determination of the mean age of the elements. The short-lived chronometers ¹²⁹I/¹²⁷I, ²⁶Al/²⁷Al and ¹⁰⁷Pd/¹¹⁰Pd paint a picture of the last nucleo-synthetic events that includes a supernova(e) association with the embryonic solar system. The possibility of elucidating this scenario by further development of these chronometers and also the ¹⁴⁶Sm/¹⁴²Nd and ²⁴⁷Cm/²³⁸U pairs is discussed. It is shown that intermediate-lived nuclides are in principle capable of describing the time dependence of the nucleosynthetic production function. However, the present situation does not allow serious model-independent constraints of this type. Nucleocosmochronology, when coupled with other independent determinations of the age of the Universe, is found to place a clear constraint on galactic evolution models in general. (author)