Douglas Palmer
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
From the design team that created THE SIMON & SCHUSTER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMALS comes a lavishly illustrated who's who of prehistoric life -- an affordable family reference and the ultimate field guide through our evolutionary past. 650 full-color illustrations.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The story starts with William Smith's early years, from apprentice to surveyor for hire, and from publication of his groundbreaking 1815 geological strata map to imprisonment for debt. Smith's 1799 geological map of Bath and table of strata, his first strata map of England and Wales, published in 1801, and photographs of some of Smith's collection of 2,000 fossils illustrate the tale. The remainder of the book is organized into four parts, each beginning...
