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William Smith and the birth of modern geology

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An edition of The map that changed the world (2001)

The map that changed the world

William Smith and the birth of modern geology

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Publish Date
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Wheeler Pub.
Language
English
Pages
439

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Subjects

Geologists, Stratigraphic Geology, Biography, History, Geography, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Geology, Stratigraphic, Smith, William,, Earth Sciences - Geology, Science, Scientists - General, Biography/Autobiography, Great Britain, Europe - Great Britain - General, History / General, Smith, William, 1769-1839, Large type books, Great britain, biography, Geology, stratigraphic, Geology, history

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William Smith (1769-1839)

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Great Britain

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Cover of: The Map That Changed the World
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
January 2002, Wheeler Publishing
Hardcover in English - Largeprint edition
Cover of: The map that changed the world
The map that changed the world: William Smith and the birth of modern geology
2001, Wheeler Pub.
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Cover of: The Map That Changed the World
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
August 7, 2001, HarperCollins
Hardcover in English - 1st edition

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Table of Contents

1.
Escape on the northbound stage -- -- 2.
A land awakening from sleep -- -- 3.
The mystery of the Chedworth Bun -- -- 4.
The Duke and the Baronet's widow -- -- 5.
A light in the underworld -- -- 6.
The slicing of Somerset -- -- 7.
The view from York Minster -- -- 8.
Notes from the Swan -- -- 9.
The dictator in the drawing room -- -- 10.
The great map conceived -- -- 11.
A Jurassic interlude -- -- 12.
The map that changed the world -- -- ch. 13.
An ungentlemanly act -- -- 14.
The sale of the century -- -- 15.
The wrath of Leviathan -- -- 16.
The lost and found man -- -- ch. 17.
All honor to the doctor.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, c2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-432).

Published in
Rockland, MA
Series
Wheeler large print book series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
550/.92, B
Library of Congress
QE22.S6 W55 2001b

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiii, 439 p. (large print) :
Number of pages
439

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Open Library
OL24753432M
Internet Archive
mapthatchangedwo00winc
ISBN 10
1587241536
ISBN 13
9781587241536
LCCN
2001057503
OCLC/WorldCat
48951014

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