Nicolaus Steno: References & Edit History
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The life and work of Nicolaus Steno are treated in Alan Cutler, The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth (2003); Troels Kardel (ed.), Nicolaus Steno: Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist (2012); and Rachel Laudan, From Mineralogy to Geology: The Foundations of a Science, 1650β1830 (1987).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 09, 2013 | ||
| Date of birth changed from "Jan. 10/11" to "Jan. 11," and date of death changed from "Nov. 26" to "Dec. 5." | Jan 16, 2012 | ||
| Date of birth changed from "Jan. 10" to "Jan. 10/11." | Jan 13, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 22, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of Niels Stensen. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology - Nicholas Steno (1638-1686). | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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