The Map That Changed the World; A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
by Winchester, Simon
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140280391
- ISBN 13
- 9780140280395
- Seller
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0246815
- Title
- The Map That Changed the World; A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140280391
- ISBN 13
- 9780140280395
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- BZDB2 geology strata map Biography & Autobiography; Geology; Science & Technology. Unbranded ISBN: 0140280391 EAN: 9780140280395 Winchester, Simon The Map That Changed the World; A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology;
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