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

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

Simon Winchester

338 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
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From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately beca...

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