Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Troels Kardel, Paul Maquet.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xlix, 943 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface -- Part I Biography -- Childhood and youth in Copenhagen -- Years of discovery in Holland -- In Paris and France -- The first year in Italy -- Researcher and Convert in Italy -- The Geological Dissertation -- The great travel -- Under Cosimo III in Florence -- Two years in Copenhagen -- Educator and Priest in Florence -- Part II Scientific Papers -- Anatomical Papers -- Geological Papers.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is by far the most exhaustive biography on Niels Stensen, anatomist, geologist and bishop, better known as "Nicolaus Steno". We learn about the scientist's family and background in Lutheran Denmark, of his teachers at home and abroad, of his studies and travels in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Germany, of his many pioneering achievements in anatomy and geology, of his encounters with Swammerdam, Malpighi and with members of the newly established Royal Society of London and the Accademia del Cimento in Florence, and with the philosopher Spinoza. It further treats Stensen's religious conversion. The book includes the full set of Steno's anatomical and geological scientific papers in original language. The editors thoroughly translated the original Latin text to English, and included numerous footnotes on the background of this bibliographic and scientific treasure from the 17th century.
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Springer Nature
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com.springer.onix.9783662550472
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International Standard Book Number
9783662550465
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Steno, Nicolaus,1638-1686.
Steno, Nicolaus,1638-1686.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Anatomists-- Denmark, Biography.
Geologists-- Denmark, Biography.
Geology, Early works to 1800.
Human anatomy, Early works to 1800.
Anatomists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Medical.
Geologists.
Geology.
Human anatomy.
MEDICAL-- Anatomy.
SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Human Anatomy & Physiology.