The Seashell on the Mountaintop: How Nicolaus Steno Solved an Ancient Mystery and Created a Science of the Earth - Softcover
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Documents the work of a seventeenth-century scientist and priest who was the first to conduct geological studies of the Earth's layers, revealing in the process the planet's significant age as compared to biblical beliefs.
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Alan Cutler has a Ph.D. in geology and is a writer affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Cutler was a contributing editor to the book Forces of Change: A New View of Nature, a joint publication of the Smithsonian and the National Geographic Society; contributors included Stephen Jay Gould, John McPhee, and David Quammen. Dr. CutlerÂ's writing has also appeared in The Washington Post and The Sciences, among other publications.
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