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Stensen, Niels

http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/lhl/dsb/page.30.php

Six-page entry from the Dictionary of Scientific Biography, including bibliography, by Gustav Scherz. Site also has a digitized version of the Prodromus, in Latin.

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Steno, Nicolaus

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Nicolaus_Steno

Short biographical article in the 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. Some scanner errors.

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Niels Stensen

http://www.strangescience.net/stensen.htm

Although he sometimes relied on theories later discredited, this scientist established some basic principles still in use today. Short essay on the man and his discoveries.

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Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686)

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Steno/

Long article on the talented anatomist whose observations set a course for modern geology.

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Nicolas Steno

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Steno

Biographical article on the scientist and bishop beatified by the Catholic Church.

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Nicholas Steno (1638-1686)

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/steno.html

Essay on Steno's contributions to geology and particularly to the theory of fossil formation.

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History of Geology: Nicolaus Steno

http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/steno/steno.htm

An introduction, for adults, to this anatomist and his contributions to geological theory.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity: Nicolaus Steno

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi469.htm

3 1/2-minute radio program in RealAudio, and a transcript, about the scientist who was fascinated by the question of solid formations within rocks.

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Catholic Encyclopedia: Nicolaus Steno

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14286a.htm

Or Niels Steensen. Danish anatomist and geologist who converted to Catholicism. Was made a bishop. He died in 1686.

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