The seashell on the mountaintop : a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth /
Cutler, A.
The seashell on the mountaintop : a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth / Alan Cutler. - New York : Dutton, 2003. - 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0525947086 (alk. paper)
2003000125
Steno, Nicolaus, 1638-1686.
Catholic Church--Clergy--Biography.
Geology--History--17th century.
Scientists--Denmark--Biography.
QE22.S77 / C85 2003
The seashell on the mountaintop : a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth / Alan Cutler. - New York : Dutton, 2003. - 228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0525947086 (alk. paper)
2003000125
Steno, Nicolaus, 1638-1686.
Catholic Church--Clergy--Biography.
Geology--History--17th century.
Scientists--Denmark--Biography.
QE22.S77 / C85 2003