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020 _a0525947086 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aQE22.S77
_bC85 2003
090 _aQE 22 .S77 C85 2003
100 1 _aCutler, A.
_q(Alan)
245 1 4 _aThe seashell on the mountaintop :
_ba story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth /
_cAlan Cutler.
260 _aNew York :
_bDutton,
_c2003.
300 _a228 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPilgrims -- 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.
600 1 0 _aSteno, Nicolaus,
_d1638-1686.
610 2 0 _aCatholic Church
_xClergy
_vBiography.
650 0 _aGeology
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aScientists
_zDenmark
_vBiography.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy038/2003000125.h tml
999 _c101699
_d101699