Nicolas Steno Accomplishments
Accomplishments of Nicolas Steno
Nicolas Steno, originally Niels Stensen, was the son of a goldsmith also born in Copenhagen on January 10th, 1638. Nicolas Steno was a very educated man in which he went to the University of Copenhagen in 1656, in his schooling he studied medicine he continued studying in Leiden and Amsterdam. These studies led to his anatomy study in Paris in 1664 then these studies led to the accomplishment of being the court physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II who also helped support Nicolas Steno's studies on his interests in the subject of science.
In Nicolas Steno’s interests in science he began to make three latin editions to his studies that he let other scientists use to help themselves with their own studies these editions were called in latin “De solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus” or also called in english Introduction to Dissertation concerning a Solid Body enclosed by Process of Nature within a solid this was one of the best contributions to geology in 1669 they were later translated into english by Henry Oldenburg in 1671. The nickname was The Prodromus. …show more content…
The first part contained an investigation of the origin of some fossils. The second part was interesting because it was all based of a single statement “given a substance having a certain shape, and formed according to the laws of nature, how to find in the substance itself evidences disclosing the place and manner of its production.” The third part contains some things abouts solids contained within solids but mostly discusses crystallography. The fourth part dealt with the the geology of Tuscany which he completed with his observations he made when he was
Nicolas Steno, originally Niels Stensen, was the son of a goldsmith also born in Copenhagen on January 10th, 1638. Nicolas Steno was a very educated man in which he went to the University of Copenhagen in 1656, in his schooling he studied medicine he continued studying in Leiden and Amsterdam. These studies led to his anatomy study in Paris in 1664 then these studies led to the accomplishment of being the court physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II who also helped support Nicolas Steno's studies on his interests in the subject of science.
In Nicolas Steno’s interests in science he began to make three latin editions to his studies that he let other scientists use to help themselves with their own studies these editions were called in latin “De solido intra solidum naturaliter contento dissertationis prodromus” or also called in english Introduction to Dissertation concerning a Solid Body enclosed by Process of Nature within a solid this was one of the best contributions to geology in 1669 they were later translated into english by Henry Oldenburg in 1671. The nickname was The Prodromus. …show more content…
The first part contained an investigation of the origin of some fossils. The second part was interesting because it was all based of a single statement “given a substance having a certain shape, and formed according to the laws of nature, how to find in the substance itself evidences disclosing the place and manner of its production.” The third part contains some things abouts solids contained within solids but mostly discusses crystallography. The fourth part dealt with the the geology of Tuscany which he completed with his observations he made when he was