Reminds me of The Map that Changed the World ([1]), a map of England drawn by a professional canal digger who had noticed and documented strata throughout Engla

Reminds me of The Map that Changed the World ([1]), a map of England drawn by a professional canal digger who had noticed and documented strata throughout England, Wales, and southern Scotland. It was essentially the first geological map and led both to modern geology and to Darwinian evolution. Science advances at least partially through the collection of large amounts of data and the distillation of that data into useful forms by dedicated workers like Tharp and Smith. [1] http://simonwinchester.com/books/the-map-that-changed-the-world/ http://simonwinchester.com/books/the-map-that-changed-the-wo...