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The Map That Changed the World
The Map That Changed the World
Oct 25, 2024 1:22 AM

Author:Simon Winchester

The Map That Changed the World

THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY

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 troubled: 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.

'For a geologist, this is a must read' Amazon Reviewer

'It serves to lift a genius from academic semi-obscurity and to award him the acknowledgement he undoubtedly deserves' Amazon Reviewer

'Never realised how seminal this map was' Amazon Reviewer

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—— The Times

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—— Independent on Sunday

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A fine book...fascinating

—— Economist

Bateson and Martin have delivered what others have claimed to provide: a solid, signposted road out of the trench war between nature and nurture

—— Marek Kohn , Independent

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—— Richard Dawkins

'Exhilarating'

—— Melvyn Bragg , Observer

'As enthralling in its own way as was Darwin's original'

—— Kenan Malik , Independent on Sunday
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