An edition of The seashell on the mountaintop (2004)

The seashell on the mountaintop

how Nicolaus Steno solved an ancient mystery and created a science of the earth

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An edition of The seashell on the mountaintop (2004)

The seashell on the mountaintop

how Nicolaus Steno solved an ancient mystery and created a science of the earth

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Plume
Language
English
Pages
228

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 2003.

Previous ed. has subtitle: A story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

The Physical Object

Pagination
228 p. :
Number of pages
228

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23056113M
Internet Archive
seashellonmounta0000cutl_q8m0
ISBN 10
0452285461
OCLC/WorldCat
55217913
Library Thing
5652
Goodreads
822688

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