The map that changed the world William Smith and the birth of modern geology
The fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology. The Map That Changed the World is, at its foundation, a very human tale of endurance...
| Main Author: | Winchester, Simon (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Vannithone, Soun (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperCollins,
Ã2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Escape on the Northbound stage
- Land awakening from sleep
- Mystery of the Chedworth bun
- Duke and the Baronet's widow
- Light in the underworld
- Slicing of Somerset
- View from York Minster
- Notes from the swan
- Dictator in the drawing room
- Great map conceived
- Jurassic interlude
- Map that changed the world
- Ungentlemanly act
- Sale of the century
- Wrath of Leviathan
- Lost and found man
- All honor to the doctor.