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LA STRAORDINARIA STORIA DEL PADRE DELLA GEOLOGIA MODERNA Nascosta dietro le tende di velluto sopra una scala in una casa a Piccadilly, a Londra, c'è un'enorme e bellissima mappa colorata a mano, la prima mappa geologica del mondo. Il suo creatore era il figlio di un contadino di nome William Smith. Nato nel 1769, la sua vita fu travagliata: fu imprigionato per debiti, cacciato di casa, il suo lavoro fu plagiato, sua moglie impazzì e l'establishment scientifico lo evitò. Fu solo nel 1829, quando un aristocratico dello Yorkshire riconobbe il suo genio, che tornò a Londra in trionfo: The Map That Changed the World è la sua storia. ''Per un geologo, questa è una lettura obbligata'' Amazon Reviewer ''Serve a sollevare un genio dalla semi-oscurità accademica e a dargli il riconoscimento che senza dubbio merita'' Amazon Reviewer ''Non mi ero mai reso conto di quanto fosse fondamentale questa mappa'' Amazon Reviewer.
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Simon Winchester has had an award-winning 20 year career as Guardian correspondent. He lives in New York and is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler and contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. He has written numerous books. The River at the Centre of the World (Viking 1997/Penguin 1998) has been shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award.
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