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THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

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Objectstaat
Goed: Een boek dat is gelezen, maar zich in goede staat bevindt. De kaft is zeer minimaal beschadigd ...
Literary Movement
Modernism
Features
Map
ISBN
9780694525218
Publication Year
2001
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Book Title
Map That Changed the World CD : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Author
Simon Winchester
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, History
Topic
General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Science & Technology

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From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the father of modern geology In 1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith, made a startling discovery that was to turn the science of geology on its head. While surveying the route for a canal near Bath, he noticed that the fossils found in one layer of the rocks he was excavating were very different from those found in another. And out of that realization came an epiphany: that by following these fossils one could trace layers of rocks as they dipped, rose and fell -- clear across England and clear across the world. Obsessed with creating a map that would showcase his discovery, Smith spent the next twenty years traveling England alone, studying rock outcroppings and gathering information. In 1815 he published a hand-painted map more than eight feet tall and six feet wide. But four years later, swindled out of his profits, Smith ended up in debtors' prison. His wife went mad. He lived as a homeless man for ten long years. Eventually a kindly aristocrat discovered him; Smith, the quiet genius and 'father of geology' was brought back to London and showered with the honors that he rightly deserved. Here now is his astounding story.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0694525219
ISBN-13
9780694525218
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2121346

Product Key Features

Book Title
Map That Changed the World CD : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Author
Simon Winchester
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Science, History

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Item Weight
10.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Dewey Decimal
550/.92 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21

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