The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002E8HCQ6 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 127 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Topographic Tour de Force As a child I drew hundreds of maps for pleasureand later, professionally, for the States of Connecticut and Delaware. Even without that kind of a background, however, I believe most readers would find this a most interesting tome. History; surveying; mining; geology; canal buildingand the personalities involved, will surely interest the most laconic reader. I'm just sorry that I didn't know of the maps existence when we were in England; for I would surely have made an effort to view it. If you're planning a trip a trip to Englandread this book first !. A Dissapointment Fred This book was a great disappointment to me. I first heard of it in a radio interview with the author on PBS or some similar venue for erudite writers with cultured British accents. "The Science of Geology" he promised, and titillating "scandal, nymphomania" he said, and he promised a great map reproduced with the book. So I bought it.Well, the book describes the circumstances of William Smith as he went about founding the science of Geology, but it in no way gives any idea what the science of geology really is or what part, other than an originator, Smith might be said to have played from a m. On the Origin of Fossils Ron Hunka THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLDSimon WinchesterISBN 0-06-093180-9I took a couple of geology courses in college, and, among other things, learned that William Smith was the first to recognize the importance of stratigraphy for the study of the earth and that he bore the nickname "Strata Smith". But in this book Simon Winchester describes the historical context of William Smith's work in detail, with scholarship and wit.Works about the history of science are sometimes as revealing about culture as about science. Consider the nature of an English society in the seventeenth century which committed