The Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith And the Birth of a Science

Winchester, Simon

 
9780670884070: The Map That Changed the World: The Tale of William Smith And the Birth of a Science
ISBN 10 : 0670884073 ISBN 13 : 9780670884070
Editeur : Viking, 2001

Synopsis

An extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology from the author of the international No.1 bestseller THE SURGEON OF CROWTHORNE. 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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À propos de l?auteur

Simon Winchester is an award-winning journalist who now lives in New York. Having reported from all over the world during his 20-year career as a Guardian foreign correspondent, he has also written 13 books, most recently THE FRACTURE ZONE (Viking 2000).

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Éditeur
Viking
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0670884073
ISBN 13 
9780670884070
Reliure
Vêtements de sport
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
352
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