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Strata: William Smiths Geological Maps,Used
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Lavishly illustrated with fullcolor geological maps, tables of strata, geological crosssections, photographs, and fossil illustrations from the archives of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the Geological Society, the London Natural History Museum, and others, Strata provides the first complete presentation of the revolutionary work of nineteenthcentury geologist William Smith, the socalled father of English geology. It illustrates the story of his career, from apprentice to surveyor for hire and fossil collector, from his 1799 geological map of Bath and table of strata to his groundbreaking 1815 geological strata map, and from his imprisonment for debt to his detailed stratigraphical county maps.This sumptuous volume begins with an introduction by Douglas Palmer that places Smiths work in the context of earlier, concurrent, and subsequent ideas regarding the structure and natural processes of the earth, geographical mapping, and biostratigraphical theories. The book is then organized into four parts, each beginning with four sheets from Smiths handcolored, 1815 strata map, accompanied by related geological crosssections and county maps, and followed by fossil illustrations by Smith contemporary James Sowerby, all organized by strata. Essays between each section explore the aims of Smiths work and its application in the fields of mining, agriculture, cartography and hydrology. Strata concludes with reflections on Smiths later years as an itinerant geologist and surveyor, plagiarism by a rival, receipt of the first Wollaston Medal in recognition of his achievements, and the influence of his geological mapping and biostratigraphical theories on the sciencesall of which culminated in the establishment of the modern geological timescale.Featuring a foreword by Robert Macfarlane, Strata is a glorious testament to the lasting geological and illustrative genius of William Smith, a collection as colossal and aweinspiring as the layers of the Earth themselves.
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