The Map That Changed the World
Subtitle: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Edition: Largeprint edition
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
Published: January 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781587241536
Subjects: History; Scientists - General; Geology, Stratigraphic; Biography/Autobiography; Science; Biography / Autobiography; Large type books; Great Britain; Biography; Smith, William,; Earth Sciences - Geology; 1769-1839; 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.