The Seashell On The Mountaintop by Alan Cutler

The Seashell On The Mountaintop by Alan Cutler

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The extraordinary story of the 17th-century Danish geologist, Nicolaus Steno, who was the first man to claim that the Earth must be older than the Bible claimed, forever changing Western civilization's ideas of time and undermining biblical authority, yet ended his life a Catholic bishop.

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The Seashell On The Mountaintop by Alan Cutler

The extraordinary story of the 17th-century Danish geologist, Nicolaus Steno, who was the first man to claim that the Earth must be older than the Bible claimed, forever changing Western civilization's ideas of time and undermining biblical authority, yet ended his life a Catholic bishop.
Alan Cutler is a palaeontologist and geologist. He works at the Smithsonian Institution at the US National Museum of Natural History. This is his first book.
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ISBN 13 9780434008575
ISBN 10 0434008575
Title The Seashell On The Mountaintop
Author Alan Cutler
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cornerstone
Year published 2003-08-07
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.