The Seashell on the Mountaintop: How Nicolaus Steno Solved an Ancient Mystery and Created a Science of the Earth

Cutler, Alan

ISBN 10: 0452285461 / ISBN 13: 9780452285460

Verlag: Plume, 2004

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Seashell on the Mountaintop: How Nicolaus Steno Solved an Ancient Mystery and Created a Science of the Earth
• Verlag: Plume
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0452285461
• ISBN-13: 9780452285460
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Documents the work of a seventeenth-century scientist and priest who was the first to conduct geological studies of the Earth's layers, revealing in the process the planet's significant age as compared to biblical beliefs.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alan Cutler has a Ph.D. in geology and is a writer affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Cutler was a contributing editor to the book Forces of Change: A New View of Nature, a joint publication of the Smithsonian and the National Geographic Society; contributors included Stephen Jay Gould, John McPhee, and David Quammen. Dr. CutlerÂ's writing has also appeared in The Washington Post and The Sciences, among other publications.