The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Simon Winchester
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- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
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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
- Off The Shelf LLC (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4WILKM00GY59
- Título
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Autor
- Simon Winchester
- Estado del libro
- UsedGood
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Editorial
- Harpercollins
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- August 7, 2001
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