The map that changed the world
(CD Audiobook)
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Published:
New York : HarperCollins, 2001.
Format:
CD Audiobook
Physical Desc:
9 sound discs (10 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Status:
Description
In 1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith, made a startling discovery that was to turn the science of geology on its head. While surverying the route for a canal near Bath, he noticed that the fossils found in one layer of the rocks he was excavating were very different from those found in another. And out of that realization came an epiphany: that by following these fossils one could trace layers of rocks as they dipped, rose and fell across the world. This is the story of his life and the history of geology.
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Essex Adult Book on CD Non-Fiction
BCD 500 WIN
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0694525219
UPC:
9780694525218
Notes
General Note
Unabridged.
General Note
Disc 9 is an excerpt from Simon Winchester's The Professor and the madman.
Creation/Production Credits
Produced and directed by Rick Harris.
Participants/Performers
Read by the author, Simon Winchester.
Description
In 1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith, made a startling discovery that was to turn the science of geology on its head. While surverying the route for a canal near Bath, he noticed that the fossils found in one layer of the rocks he was excavating were very different from those found in another. And out of that realization came an epiphany: that by following these fossils one could trace layers of rocks as they dipped, rose and fell across the world. This is the story of his life and the history of geology.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Winchester, S. (2001). The map that changed the world. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Winchester, Simon. 2001. The Map That Changed the World. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Winchester, Simon, The Map That Changed the World. HarperCollins, 2001.
MLA Citation (style guide)Winchester, Simon. The Map That Changed the World. HarperCollins, 2001.
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