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Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius that he was returned to London in triumph. "The Map That Changed the World" is his story.

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• Pełny tytuł: Map That Changed the World
• Autor: Simon Winchester
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 352
• EAN: 9780140280395
• ISBN: 0140280391
• ID: 04023416
• Wydawca: Penguin Books
• Waga: 248 g
• Wymiary: 197 × 130 × 24 mm
• Data wydania: 04. July 2002

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