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The map that changed the world : William Smith and the birth of modern geology
- Title
- The map that changed the world : William Smith and the birth of modern geology / Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone].
- Author
- Winchester, Simon.
- Publication
- New York : HarperCollins, [2001], ©2001.
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- Description
- xix, 329 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color); 22 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-316) and index.
- 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 in World -- 13. An Ungentlemanly Act -- 14. The Sale of the Century -- 15. The Wrath of Leviathan -- 16. The Lost and Found Man -- 17. All Honor to the Doctor.
- ISBN
- 0060193611
- LCCN
- 2001016603
- OCLC
- ocm45799894
- SCSB-4169429
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries