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Simon Winchester - The Map That Changed The World
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ISBN: 978-0-140-28039-5
Publisher: Penguin Books - 2002
Synopsis: William Smith was not rich or well connected, but his passion for rocks and fossils, and his twenty-year obsession with single-handedly mapping the geology of Britain made him one of the most significant men of the nineteenth century. However his vision cost him dear - his wife went mad, his work was stolen by jealous colleagues who eventually ruined him, and he was imprisoned for debt. Simon Winchester tells the fascinating story of 'Strata' Smith, a man who crossed boundaries of class, wealth and science to produce a map that fundamentally changed the way we view the world.
Condition: Light shelf wear on the exterior of the paperback; Pages are clean, unmarked and in very good condition;
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