Nicolaus Steno

Preface.- Part I Biography.- Childhood and youth in Copenhagen.- Years of discovery in Holland.- In Paris and France.- The first year in Italy.- Researcher and Convert in Italy.- The Geological Dissertation.- The great travel.- Under Cosimo III in Florence.- Two years in Copenhagen.- Educator and Priest in Florence.- Part II Scientific Papers.- Anatomical Papers.- Geological Papers.

"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)