The map that changed the world : William Smith and the birth of modern geology / Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone].
Record details
- ISBN: 0060931809
- Physical Description: xix, 329 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st Perennial ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Perennial, 2002, c2001.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: 2001. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-316) and index. |
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Subject: | Smith, William, 1769-1839. Geology, Stratigraphic > History. Geologists > Great Britain > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QE 22 .S6 W55 2002 | 30530963 | General Collection | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Map That Changed the World : William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Simon Winchester was born in London, England on September 28, 1944. He read geology at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. After graduation in 1966, he joined a Canadian mining company and worked as field geologist in Uganda. The following year he decided to become a journalist. His first reporting job was for The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969, he joined The Guardian and was named Britain's Journalist of the Year in 1971. He also worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times before becoming a freelancer. He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography)