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Winchester, Simon.
The map that changed the world
[(PB)] :
William Smith and the birth of modern geology /
Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone.].
New York :
Harper Perennial,
2009.
©2001.
xxi, 329, 14 pages, [2] pages of plates :
illustrations, maps (some color) ;
21 cm.
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Originally published: HarperCollins, ©2001. With new back matter.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-316) and index.
Winchester tells the fascinating story of an Oxfordshire blacksmith's orphaned son who discovered an unmistakable pattern in the rocks. From this, William Smith developed the first true geographical map following fossils and rock patterns, earning him a place in history as the father of modern geology. Line drawings. Maps throughout, 2 in color.
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Smith, William
1769-1839.
Smith, William,
1769-1839.
Geology, Stratigraphic
History.
Geologists
Great Britain
Biography.
Geology
Great Britain
History.
Geologists.
Geology.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Great Britain.
Biography.
History.
Vannithone, Soun.