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A Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science Paperback - 2002
by Simon Winchester
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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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- Title A Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
- Author Simon Winchester
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, Limited (UK), London
- Date July 4, 2002
- ISBN 9780140280395 / 0140280391
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.83 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 2.11 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 551
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