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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 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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The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks Ruin and Redemption eBook Simon Winchester Reviews :

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 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.

ebook,Simon Winchester,The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption,Penguin,ANF Biography,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science Technology,Biography,Biography general,Biography historical, political military,Cartography, Map-Making Projections,Geologists,Geology and Palaeontology,Geology, Stratigraphic,Great Britain,HISTORY / Historical Geography,Historical Geography,History,History of specific subjects,Map making projections,SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology,TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING / Cartography,The Earth Natural History General,The Earth natural history general interest,british jurassic cartography palaeontology great maps; australia clocks late fragments ruby wax 1984 thinking fast and slow; the peregrine j a baker kassia st clair rachel cusk rather be the devil; ben pentreath limehouse golem nature writing homo deus; quantum mechanics william blake lake district walking; northern lights jan zalasiewicz very short introductions; notes from a small island a very short introduction; the monster serial killer the revenant japan brave new world; for dummies a brief history of everyone who ever lived; popular science the gene chinese history crete graduate,BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science Technology,Earth Sciences - Geology,Europe - Great Britain - General,HISTORY / Historical Geography,SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology,TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING / Cartography,The Earth Natural History General,Cartography, Map-Making Projections,Historical Geography

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

 

Product details File Size 9362 KB Print Length 352 pages Publisher Penguin; New Ed edition (July 4, 2002) Publication Date July 4, 2002 Sold by  Services LLC Language English ASIN B002RI9WAM

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