On the Edge of Eternity. The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Hardback/***

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. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): Ivano (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) Dal Prete Illustration(s): 16 black and white halftones Number of pages: 320 Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 166 x 241 x 34 Cover type: Hardback