Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)

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Nicolaus Stenonius [Nils Stensen]. Photograph after a painting in the Uffizi.

Niels Stensen [Nicolaus Steno]. Photogravure.

Nicolai Stenonis Opera philosophica / edited by Vilhelm Maar, at the expense of the Carlsbergfond.

Niels Stensen : Anatom, Geologe u. Bischof, 1638-1686 / von Max Bierbaum und Adolf Faller ; mit einem Kapitel "Der Wandel des Stensenbildes" von Anne-Liese Thomasen.

An exhibition concerning Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686) : in celebration of the addition of the fifty-thousandth volume to the history of science collections of the University of Oklahoma libraries, Norman, Oklahoma, February, 1982.

Niels Stensen's korrespondance i dansk oversættelse / efter forarbejder af Karen Plovgaard oversat af Marianne Alenius [and others] og udgivet af Harriet Merete Hansen.

Nicolaus Steno and his Indice / [Gustav Scherz].

Niels Stensen (1638-1686) : [biography] / [by Fredrick A. Willius and Thomas E. Keys].

Nicolai Stenonis Observationes anatomicae, quibus varia oris, oculorum, et narcium vasa describuntur, novique salivae, lacrymarum et muci fontes deteguntur, et novum nobilissimi Bilsii de lymphae motu et usu commentum examinatur et rejicitur / [Nicolaus Steno].

De musculis et glandulis observationum specimen. Cum epistolis duabus anatomicis / [Nicolaus Steno].

Nicolai Stenonis Elementorum myologiae specimen, seu musculi descriptio geometrica. Cui accedunt canis carchariae dissectum caput, et dissectus piscis ex canum genere. ... / [Nicolaus Steno].

The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids naturally contained within solids. Laying a foundation for the rendering a rational accompt both of the frame and the several changes of the masse of the Earth, as also of the various productions in the same / Englished by H[enry] O[ldenburg].

La Nascita della paleontologia nel Seicento : Colonna, Stenone e Scilla / Nicoletta Morello.

Lecture on the anatomy of the brain / introduction by Gustav Scherz.

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Nicolas Steno

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Images by Nicolas Steno

Images featuring Nicolas Steno

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An exhibition concerning Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686) : in celebration of the addition of the fifty-thousandth volume to the history of science collections of the University of Oklahoma libraries, Norman, Oklahoma, February, 1982.

Niels Stensen's korrespondance i dansk oversættelse / efter forarbejder af Karen Plovgaard oversat af Marianne Alenius [and others] og udgivet af Harriet Merete Hansen.

La Nascita della paleontologia nel Seicento : Colonna, Stenone e Scilla / Nicoletta Morello.

Nicolaus Steno and his Indice / [Gustav Scherz].

Lecture on the anatomy of the brain / introduction by Gustav Scherz.

Frequent collaborators

Nicolas Steno

Images from the collections

Images by Nicolas Steno

Images featuring Nicolas Steno

Works from the collections

An exhibition concerning Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686) : in celebration of the addition of the fifty-thousandth volume to the history of science collections of the University of Oklahoma libraries, Norman, Oklahoma, February, 1982.

Niels Stensen's korrespondance i dansk oversættelse / efter forarbejder af Karen Plovgaard oversat af Marianne Alenius [and others] og udgivet af Harriet Merete Hansen.

La Nascita della paleontologia nel Seicento : Colonna, Stenone e Scilla / Nicoletta Morello.

Nicolaus Steno and his Indice / [Gustav Scherz].

Lecture on the anatomy of the brain / introduction by Gustav Scherz.

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