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The seashell on the mountaintop : a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth

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  • Narrator: Grover Gardner
    Publisher:
    Recorded Books, 2011
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Cutler, A.
    Contributor: Gardner, Grover
    Date:
    Created
    2011
    Summary:

    The story of enigmantic scientist-turned-priest, Nicholas Steno, who first proposed that the shell-shaped rocks commonly found on Italian mountaintops actually were fossils--a notion completely antithetical to the 17th century theological and scientific world view, which maintained that the earth was only 6000 years old. Placing Steno's story in the context of such characters as Darwin, Newton, Thomas Jefferson and Saint Augustine, Alan Cutler illuminates the subject of "deep time" by combining authoritative science with stories of extraordinary people to bring home the philosophical and personal significance of Steno's ideas, offering a fresh, new perspective on the very old planet on which we live.

    Original Publisher: [Minneapolis, Minn.], [Prince Frederick, Md.], HighBridge Co., [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781598871913, 1598871919