{"product_id":"the-map-that-changed-the-world-simon-winchester-9780140280395","title":"The Map That Changed the World","description":"THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGY\nHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was troubled: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him.\n It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph: The Map That Changed the World is his story.\n'For a geologist, this is a must read' Amazon Reviewer\n'It serves to lift a genius from academic semi-obscurity and to award him the acknowledgement he undoubtedly deserves' Amazon Reviewer\n'Never realised how seminal this map was' Amazon Reviewer","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51650884665632,"sku":"9780140280395","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780140280395.jpg?v=1778827887","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-map-that-changed-the-world-simon-winchester-9780140280395","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}