The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption
Book Title: | The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption |
Author: | Simon Winchester |
ISBN-13: | 9780140280395 |
Publication: | Penguin UK (4 July 2002) |
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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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Humanities
Paperback
English
352 pages
0140280391
4 Jul 2002
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