01416cam a2200337 4500 770793430 TxAuBib 20050823120000.0 010110s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001016603 9780060193614 $26.00 0060193611 $26.00 DLC DLC NjBwBT NMPL TxAuBib Winchester, Simon. The map that changed the world [Book] : William Smith and the birth of modern geology / Simon Winchester ; [illustrations by Soun Vannithone]. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2001. xix, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-316) and index. Bklst 05/15/2001. LJ 06/15/2001. PW 06/04/2001. Kirkus 05/15/2001. NYT Bk 08/05/2001. A glimpse into the life of William Smith, a nineteenth-century engineer who became the founding father of modern geology, explores his creation of a lavish map detailing his discovery that rocks consist of many different layers. . 20010906. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Smith, William 1769-1839. Stratigraphic geology History. Geologists Biography.