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338 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670884070
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across Eng...
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338 pages • first pub 2001 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780670884070
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across Eng...