The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks Ruin and Redemption
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THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGYHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in Londons Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmers son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was troubled: 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
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ISBN 13
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9780140280395
Publication Date
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09-07-2002
Pages
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352
Weight
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288 grams
Dimensions
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138x216x21.19 mm