Vic Baker, Book Review Editor
THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.Simon Winchester, 2003. Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 329p. Hardcover, $26.00. Softcover, $13.95.
By now, most of the readers of this journal who would be inclined to read Simon Winchester’s recent book on William Smith, The Map That Changed the World, will already have done so and will have formed their own opinions as to its merits. It may still be appropriate, however, to raise the broader question of the value of such books and their influence on the public perception of geology. Winchester’s dramatic account of Smith...
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