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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Simon Winchester
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
- Librería
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Harper Perennial. Used - Very Good. 2002. Paperback. Very Good.
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- Z0267969
- Título
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Autor
- Simon Winchester
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0060931809
- ISBN 13
- 9780060931803
- Editorial
- Harper Perennial
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- August 1, 2002
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