THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science Hardback - 2001
by WINCHESTER, Simon
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- Title THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
- Author WINCHESTER, Simon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking. London. 2001. , London
- Publication date 2001
- Bookseller's Inventory # 48727
- ISBN 9780670884070
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Summary
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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Above one of the many grand mar staircases within the east wing of Burlington House, the great Palladian mansion on the north side of London' Piccadilly, hangs a pair of huge sky blue velvet curtains, twisted and tasseled silk ropes beside them.
