Map That Changed the World by Winchester, Simon ISBN 0670884073
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The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science. 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. An extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology from the au
An extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology from the author of the international No. 1 bestseller The Surgeon of Crowthorne. 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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Map That Changed the World
[edit] Author
Winchester, Simon
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0670884073
[edit] Published
05/07/2001
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Viking
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HARDBACK
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12.99 (GBP)
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