The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
12 May, by in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Nonfiction
Even prison did not stop William Smith from his tenacious decades-long journey to create a map that clearly captured in one colorful creation what was buried under England's rolling hills and valleys. Prison is where Simon Winchester, a remarkable chronicler of obscure and near-forgotten but terribly important lives...