Nicolas Steno
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Nicolas Steno
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Niels Steensen was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years. Steensen was trained in the classical texts on science; however, by 1659 he seriously questioned accepted knowledge of the natural world. Importantly he questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grew in the ground and explanations of rock formation. His investigations and his subsequent conclusions on fossils and rock formation have led scholars t
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Danish scientist and bishop (1638 – 1686)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Steno
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2002-08-09T04:13:03Z
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2024-09-01T22:57:37Z
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