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The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Winchester, Simon
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
- Librería
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Perennial/ HarperCollins, 2002. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Fine. Cover by Eric Fuentecilla . 11654 shelf. Unread. Trade paperback, pictorial covers, sienna spine. No names, clean text. Art by Soun Vannithone. With maps, index. Giftworthy! By the author of The Professor and the Madman
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- Gil's Book Loft
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 069292
- Título
- The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Autor
- Winchester, Simon
- Ilustrador
- Cover by Eric Fuentecilla
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
- Editorial
- Perennial/ HarperCollins
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Páginas
- 329
- Palabras clave
- history geology
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