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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
de Winchester, Simon
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/Very Good Dustjacket
- Librería
-
Silver City, New Mexico, United States
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EUR 7.47EUR 5.98
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Sobre este artículo
There is a former owner's name inside.
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
- High Desert Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2308
- Título
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Autor
- Winchester, Simon
- Ilustrador
- Illustrated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Harper Collins; publisher
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- Páginas
- 329 pages
- Tamaño
- 6in x 9in
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- map geology
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Geology;
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