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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

por Winchester, Simon

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ISBN 10
0060931809
ISBN 13
9780060931803
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New York: Perennial Library, 2002. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Octavo.

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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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Livreiro
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Nº do estoque do livreiro
01043968
Título
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Autor
Winchester, Simon
Formato/Encadernação
Brochura
Estado do livro
Usado - Bom
Edição
1st Printing
ISBN 10
0060931809
ISBN 13
9780060931803
Editorial
Perennial Library
Local de publicação
New York
Data de publicação
2002
Catálogos de livreiros
Geology; History - General;
Size
Octavo

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A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...

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