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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.
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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.