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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
The Seashell on the Mountaintop A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth
Author: Alan Cutler
Seventeenth-century scientists were baffled: How did the fossils of seashells find their way to the tops of mountains? Nicolaus Steno, hailed by Stephen Jay Gould as "the founder of geology," solved the puzzle, looking directly at the clues left in the layers of the Earth. Paradoxically, at the same time his ideas were undermining the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781565116375
ISBN-10: 1565116372
Publication Date: 5/12/2003
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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