The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth

Cutler, Alan

ISBN 10: 0525947086 / ISBN 13: 9780525947080

Verlag: Dutton Adult (edition 0), 2003

Beschreibung

With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0525947086-11-1-29

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth
• Verlag: Dutton Adult (edition 0)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0525947086
• ISBN-13: 9780525947080
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 0.
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Über diesen Titel

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. 22,500 first printing.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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. Cutler’s writing has also appeared in The Washington Post and The Sciences, among other publications.

Alan Cutler is a geologist and writer affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution.