The Map That Changed the World
Subtitle: The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2001
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780670884070
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.