Seashell on the mountaintop, the: a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth
Auteur :
Cutler, Alan
Éditeur :
Cornerstone
ISBN :
9780099421498
Date de publication :
5 août 2004
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,9 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
171 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Dubbed ' the founder of modern geology' by Stephen Jay Gould, the 17th century Danish scientist Nicolaus Steno was the first man to to suggest that the existence of fossils demanded a much longer history for the earth than the roughly six thousand years suggested by the Bible.