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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
CD-Audio
ISBN: 9781565116382 (1565116380)
Published by Highbridge Company
$32.95(US)
$37.95(CAN)
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about The Seashell on the Mountaintop
The story of enigmatic 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.
about Alan Cutler
ALAN CUTLER, PhD, a well-known and widely respected researcher in paleontology and geology, is a Research Associate in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian. Dr. Cutler, affiliated with the Smithsonian since 1993, also works in the Smithsonian’s Department of Public Programs. He is an expert in the study of fossilization.
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about Grover Gardner
AudioFile Golden Voice GROVER GARDNER is a published author and a narrator of many children’s, young adult, and adult audiobooks.
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