The Map That Changed the World
by Winchester, Simon
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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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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New York: HARPER COLLINS, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read un-opened virtually new copy. The 26.00 jacket is with the book,looking like it has never been removed with a quarter inch on one edge else fine. A very nice copy of a very hard to find book. remainder THIS COPY IS… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York : Harper, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition, first printing in clean unchipped dust jacket which unfolds into a wonderful 20" x 22" old map replica on the inside. Book is absolutely clean, with beige boards and spine, goldl lettering. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Map That Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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The map that changed the world: the tale of William Smith and the birth of a science
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Penguin Viking, 2001. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Deservedly a best seller, the book is strongest on Smith's early career and rather glosses over his impact on the N. Yorkshire coastal town of Scarborough, where he helped create what can only be described as the ultimate Geological Museum gallery, the Rotunda, now sadly re-configured as a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Map That Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
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The Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
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The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
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The Map That Changed the World
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The Map That Changed The World
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The Map That Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Simon Winchester
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New York: HarperCollins / Perennial, August 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xx + 329 pages.
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of… Read more about this item Item Price
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