The Map That Changed the World
Subtitle: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: August 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780060931803
Subjects: History; Stratigraphic geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Earth Sciences - Geology; Biography & Autobiography; Science; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / General; Biography; Geologists
First sentence: Above one of the many grand mar staircases within the east wing of Burlington House, the great Palladian mansion on the north side of London' Piccadilly, hangs a pair of huge sky blue velvet curtains, twisted and tasseled silk ropes beside them.