The Seashell On The Mountaintop
A story of science, sainthood and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth
- author
- Alan Cutler
- Narrator
- Paul Hecht
- Length
- 6 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes
- Catalogue #
- 7646
- Categories
- Science - Earth & Physical
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Seventeenth-century scientist, Steno, ‘the founder of geology’ set the stage for modern science by answering the question of how the fossils of seashells are found on the tops of mountains. At the same time Steno was entering the priesthood and ultimately became venerated as a saint.