On the Edge of Eternity : The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

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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.


  • | : Ivano Dal Prete (Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Medicine and Public Health Program, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Medicine and Public Health Program, Yale University)
  • | Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • | Publication Date: Nov 14, 2022
  • | Country of Publication: United States
  • | Number of Pages: 320 pages
  • | Language: Unknown
  • | Binding: Hardback
  • | ISBN-10: 0190678895
  • | ISBN-13: 9780190678890
By (Author):
Ivano Dal Prete (Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Medicine and Public Health Program, Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Medicine and Public Health Program, Yale University)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
Publication Date:
Nov 14, 2022
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
Unknown
Number of pages:
320 pages
Binding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0190678895
ISBN-13:
9780190678890