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Nicolaus Steno : Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist / by Troels Kardel, Paul Maquet.

Second edition.

9783662550472 (electronic book)
3662550474 (electronic book)
9783662550465

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2018.

English

1 online resource (xlix, 943 pages) : illustrations

10.1007/978-3-662-55047-2 doi

QM16.S74 N53 2018eb

611.0092

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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