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On the edge of eternity : the antiquity of the earth in medieval and early modern Europe / Ivano Dal Prete.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190678920.Subject(s): Earth (Planet) -- Age | Geological time | Earth sciences -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 | Earth sciences -- Europe -- History -- 16th century | Earth sciences -- Europe -- History -- 17th century | Science
| Earth sciencesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190678890DDC classification: 551.7010940902 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: This revisionist work challenges the assumption that deep time was 'discovered' during the Enlightenment by showing that the possibility of an old or even eternal Earth circulated freely in medieval and early modern Europe, even in popular works intended for a large public, and that it was common to deny any geological role to the biblical flood.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This revisionist work challenges the assumption that deep time was 'discovered' during the Enlightenment by showing that the possibility of an old or even eternal Earth circulated freely in medieval and early modern Europe, even in popular works intended for a large public, and that it was common to deny any geological role to the biblical flood.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 2, 2023).