01360cam a2200325 i 4500 295988182 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 010712s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001016603 9780060193614 $26.00 0060193611 $26.00 DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Winchester, Simon. The map that changed the world [BOOK] : William Smith and the birth of modern geology / by Simon Winchester ; illustrations by Soun Vannithone. William Smith and the birth of modern geology. First edition. New York : HarperCollins, 2001. xix, 320 pages : maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. A glimpse into the life of William Smith, a nineteenth-century engineer who became the founding father of modern geology, explores his creation of a lavish map detailing his discovery that rocks are comprised of many different layers. 20100107. Smith, William 1769-1839. Geologists Great Britain Biography. Geology, Stratigraphic History. Biographies.