Editors:
- By far the most exhaustive biography of Niels Stensen "Nicolaus Steno", anatomist, geologist and bishop
- An avenue through the erudite Europe in 17th century
- First publication of the complete set of original scientific papers on anatomy and geology, including full translation and rich footnotes.
- A key to early geoscience
- A must for understanding early modern research on brain and motor control
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (45 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I Biography of Nicolaus Steno by Gustav Scherz, translated by Paul Maquet
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Front Matter
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Part II Steno – Scientific Papers – OPH
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“With this wonderful book … a complete edition of Steno’s thirty-four known scientific works is now available for the first time in the English language. … The present book is now the most important source for studies of Steno’s scientific discoveries and life. … the editors of this volume have done a wonderful job in making the scientific work of one of the more intriguing scientists of the seventeenth century available to a wider audience.” (Jens Morten Hansen, ISIS, Vol. 106 (3), September, 2015)
“The present book on Steno, edited and translated by Troels Kardel and Paul Maquet, is the most important monograph for studies of Steno’s scientific discoveries and life yet written. … With this wonderful book a complete edition of Steno’s 34 known scientific works is available in English for the first time.” (Jens Morten Hansen, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, March, 2015)
“The book presented here is dedicated to the scientist, anatomist, geologist, theologian and bishop, Niels Stensen. … The book of Kardel and Maquet is important. It will certainly give us a better understanding of the activity of Stensen as a man of science and culture, and a greater attention to his lesser-known works, now finally gathered all together and translated.” (Pina Totaro, Metascience, October, 2014)
“This book thus provides us with a greater understanding of Steno’s contributions to geology in their various contexts. I commend the efforts of the editors in translating and compiling Steno’s work in such a convenient form, and recommend this book to all scholars with an interest in the history of the geological sciences and their contexts.” (Toshihiro Yamada, Episodes, Vol. 36 (4), December, 2013)
“The release of a massive work that is not only a milestone in the Steno-research history, but also an important contribution to the Danish and international science history. ... is in itself valuable, but even more valuable are Steno's own works, now for the first time available in their entirety.” (quote translated, orginial review in Danish language, Helge Kragh, Weekendavisen, February, 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
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Holte, Denmark
Troels Kardel
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Aywaille, Belgium
Paul Maquet
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nicolaus Steno
Book Subtitle: Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist
Editors: Troels Kardel, Paul Maquet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25079-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50850-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25079-8Published: 13 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 739
Topics: Geology, Anatomy, History of Philosophy