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- catalog abstract "The tale of a seventeenth-century scientist-turned-priest who forever changed our understanding of the Earth and created a new field of science. It was an ancient puzzle: How did the fossils of seashells find their way far inland, sometimes high up into the mountains? Fossils only made sense in a world old enough to form them, and in the seventeenth century, few people could imagine such a thing--the Old Testament laid out Earth's timescale very clearly. A revolution was in the making, however, and it was started by the brilliant and enigmatic Nicholas Steno, who explored beyond the pages of the Bible, looking directly at the clues left in the layers of the Earth. With his groundbreaking answer to the fossil question, Steno would not only confound the religious and scientific thinking of his own time, he would set the stage for the modern science that came after him.--From publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b12800630.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-218) and index.".
- catalog description "Pilgrims -- Seashells -- Chaos -- Anatomist -- Testimony of things -- Tongues of stone -- Secret knots -- Testing the waters -- Conversion -- Layer by layer -- De Solido -- Six faces of Tuscany -- Shell game -- Heaven and Earth -- Vain speculation -- Bishop -- World-makers -- New history of the earth -- The Saint.".
- catalog description "The tale of a seventeenth-century scientist-turned-priest who forever changed our understanding of the Earth and created a new field of science. It was an ancient puzzle: How did the fossils of seashells find their way far inland, sometimes high up into the mountains? Fossils only made sense in a world old enough to form them, and in the seventeenth century, few people could imagine such a thing--the Old Testament laid out Earth's timescale very clearly. A revolution was in the making, however, and it was started by the brilliant and enigmatic Nicholas Steno, who explored beyond the pages of the Bible, looking directly at the clues left in the layers of the Earth. With his groundbreaking answer to the fossil question, Steno would not only confound the religious and scientific thinking of his own time, he would set the stage for the modern science that came after him.--From publisher description.".
- catalog extent "228 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0525947086 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Dutton,".
- catalog spatial "Denmark".
- catalog subject "550/.9/032 21".
- catalog subject "Catholic Church Clergy Biography.".
- catalog subject "Clergy Denmark Biography.".
- catalog subject "Geology Denmark History Biography.".
- catalog subject "Geology History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "History, 17th Century Denmark Biography.".
- catalog subject "QE22.S77 C85 2003".
- catalog subject "Science Denmark History Biography.".
- catalog subject "Scientists Denmark Biography.".
- catalog subject "Steno, Nicolaus, 1638-1686.".
- catalog subject "WZ 100 S826c 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pilgrims -- Seashells -- Chaos -- Anatomist -- Testimony of things -- Tongues of stone -- Secret knots -- Testing the waters -- Conversion -- Layer by layer -- De Solido -- Six faces of Tuscany -- Shell game -- Heaven and Earth -- Vain speculation -- Bishop -- World-makers -- New history of the earth -- The Saint.".
- catalog title "The seashell on the mountaintop : a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth / Alan Cutler.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".