The Seashell on the Mountaintop : A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth by Alan Cutler (Author)

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The Seashell on the Mountaintop : A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth by Alan Cutler (Author)ISBN: 9780525947080 Publisher : Dutton Adult, April 28, 2003 Hardcover, 240 pages Documents the work of a seventeenth century scientist and priest who was the first to conduct geological studies of the earth's layers, revealing in the process the planet's significant age as compared to biblical beliefs. 22,500 first printing.

That acute gift has never left him

while language barriers and the inaccessibility of archives caused it to remain largely unknown to Western scholars

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