Cutler, A. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0525947086 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003000125 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Steno, Nicolaus, 1638-1686. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Clergy--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geology--History--17th century.<br/>Scientists--Denmark--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE22.S77  / C85 2003