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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Juli 2002
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	Cartography, map-making & projections / Cartography, map-making and projections / Historical Geography / HISTORY / Historical Geography / SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology / Smith, William / The Earth# Natural History General / The Earth# natural history# general interest
ISBN:	9780140280395
EAN-Code:	9780140280395
Verlag:	Penguin Books
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 198 mm / B 129 mm / D 21 mm
Gewicht:	245 gr
Seiten:	352
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THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY 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 troubled: 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. 'For a geologist, this is a must read' Amazon Reviewer 'It serves to lift a genius from academic semi-obscurity and to award him the acknowledgement he undoubtedly deserves' Amazon Reviewer 'Never realised how seminal this map was' Amazon Reviewer