Book ID: CBB000630875

The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (2001)

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Winchester, Simon (Author)


Harper Collins
Publication date: 2001
Language: English


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xix + 329 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

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Review McBirney, Alexander (2005) Review of "The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology". Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (p. 127). unapi

Review Cook, Karen Severud (2002) Review of "The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology". Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography (p. 166). unapi

Review Knell, Simon (2002) Review of "The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 261). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Roy W. McIntyre
Henry, John C.
Albuquerque, Sara
Chapman, Mike
Edmonds, J. M.
Heitzmann, Peter
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Archives of Natural History
Cartographica Helvetica
Physis: Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza
Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Publishers
Ashgate
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Tempus
University of Chicago Press
Halsgrove
Concepts
Geology
Cartography
Maps; atlases
Earth sciences
Stratigraphy
Geological surveys
People
Smith, William
Phillips, John
Daly, Charles Patrick
Darwin, Charles Robert
Farey, John
Sowerby, James
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Bath (England)
Africa
Institutions
American Geographical Society
Geological Society of London
Natural History Museum (London, England)
British Museum
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
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