Pocket • 2002 • Engelsk

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

Name: The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
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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...Vis mer

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9780140280395

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Penguin Adult

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2002

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Engelsk

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

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