The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
by Winchester,Simon
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140280391
- ISBN 13
- 9780140280395
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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
- Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 283341
- Title
- The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
- Author
- Winchester,Simon
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140280391
- ISBN 13
- 9780140280395
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002/07/04 00:00:00.000
- Pages
- 352
- Keywords
- Winchester,Simon Map That Changed The World : The Tale Of William Smith And The Birth Of A Science
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