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The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption

Paperback • 2002 • English

The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption

By Simon Winchester

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About the book

THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY 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 troubled: 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 Yo...Show more

Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere
Stratigraphy
Geochemistry

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ISBN

9780140280395

Publisher

Penguin Adult

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption

Format

Paperback

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