The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Simon Winchester
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- 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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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Z0267969
- Title
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- August 1, 2002
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