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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.
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The Map That Changed the World, Simon Winchester
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- Pubblicato
- 2002
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Simon Winchester
- Editore
- Perennial
- Pubblicato
- 2002
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0060931809
- ISBN13
- 9780060931803
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Mappe e viaggi, Storie vere, Biografie, Scienza e Matematica, Scienza, Mappe & Atlanti geografici, Inghilterra, Geologia e Mineralogia, Geologia, Destini umani, Scienziati, Cartografia, Mineralogia, Fossili, Fossili
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2001
- Titolo originale
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Valutazione
- 3,85 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.