Abstract
Niels Stensen was born in 1638 in Copenhagen. His father was a goldsmith, but many members of the family had been or were Lutheran clergymen (Chap. I). His father died in 1645, and the workshop was carried on by the successive husbands of his mother. In 1656 Stensen graduated from the School of Our Lady and began studying science at Copenhagen University under the famous Thomas Bartholin. From Stensen’s time as a student here, we have a most interesting collection of his notes and abstracts, the so-called Chaos-manuscript, depicting three months of intensive study in the year 1659.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Kardel, T., Maquet, P. (2013). Steno’s Scientific Life in a Nutshell (1638–1677). In: Kardel, T., Maquet, P. (eds) Nicolaus Steno. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25079-8_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25079-8_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-25078-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-25079-8
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)