Nicolaus Steno Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist /

• Main Authors: Kardel, Troels (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Maquet, Paul (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Geology.; Human anatomy.; Philosophy.; Anatomy.; History of Philosophy.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.