The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Winchester, Simon
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
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Synopsis
Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph: The Map That Changed the World is his story.
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- Gil's Book Loft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 069292
- Title
- The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Illustrator
- Cover by Eric Fuentecilla
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
- Publisher
- Perennial/ HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 329
- Keywords
- history geology
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