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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.
Steno, Nicolaus
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Nicolaus_Steno
Short biographical article in the 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. Some scanner errors.
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.
Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Steno/
Long article on the talented anatomist whose observations set a course for modern geology.
Nicolas Steno
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Steno
Biographical article on the scientist and bishop beatified by the Catholic Church.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blessed Nicholas Steno (16381686): Natural-History Research and Science of the Cross
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/aejt_5/Sobiech.htm
Frank Sobiech sketches the process which led Steno from Lutheranism to the Catholic Church.
Bl. Niels Stensen
http://www.irondequoitcatholic.org/index.php/Bl/NielsStensen/
Profile of the scientist turned Catholic priest.