The Seashell On The Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius who Discovered a...

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Alan Cutler

The Seashell On The Mountaintop

A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius who Discovered a New History of the Earth...

Alan Cutler

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Arrow
01 October 2004

Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; The Earth: natural history general

The extraordinary story of the 17th century Danish geologist

Steno, who was the first man to claim that the earth must be older than the Bible claimed, forever changing Western civilisation's ideas of time and undermining biblical authority, yet ended his life a Catholic bishop.

Dubbed ' the founder of modern geology' by Stephen Jay Gould, the 17th century Danish scientist Nicolaus Steno was the first man to to suggest that the existence of fossils demanded a much longer history for the earth than the roughly six thousand years suggested by the Bible. Steno's work was ignored for over a century; he himself dropped his geological studies; he converted to Catholicism and later became a bishop; in 1988 he was beatified by the Pope. Alan Cutler tells the story of this passionate and fascinating man, exploring his remarkable ideas on science and religion and the way his work was eventually to transform Western ideas of time. Steno's influence was enormous; Cutler's book is the first to give him his due, and to set him alongside Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin.

By: Alan Cutler
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 171g
ISBN: 9780099421498
ISBN 10: 0099421496
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 October 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Cutler is a palaeontologist and geologist. This is his first book.