Map That Changed the World

Map That Changed the World

William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

by Simon Winchester
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Reprint, ©2002, ISBN: 9780060931803
Trade Paperback, 329 pages
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An enthralling glimpse into the life of William Smith, a nineteenth-century engineer who became the founding father of modern geology, explores his creation of a lavish map detailing his discovery that rocks are comprised of many different layers amidst the backdrop of his wife's madness and debtors prison.

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