The Map That Changed the World
William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Ranked #4 in Geology, Ranked #14 in Map — see more rankings.
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world -- making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Determined to expose what he realized was the landscape's secret fourth dimension, Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this unseen universe to create an epochal and remarkably... more
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- #91 in Earth Science
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- #39 in History Of Science
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