I enjoyed "The Map That Changed The World", which is the story of how the study of geology developed during the Industrial period of England. It's the story of

I enjoyed "The Map That Changed The World", which is the story of how the study of geology developed during the Industrial period of England. It's the story of William Smith, one of the first people to identify strata formations in coal mines and canal trenches and use them to predict patterns elsewhere. http://amzn.com/0061767905 http://amzn.com/0061767905 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(geologist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(geologist)