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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:08:17 -0400
From: Stephen Baig <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: For the Latin scholars amongst you + a new book I found  (fwd)

The book received good reviews in two of the periodicals I read, neither of
which are dedicated to science.  I'll not wait for the Miami Herald review,
the book editor having re-invented herself from fashion editor.

Stephen Baig


>
>The jacket on the hardcover version is unusual too. It unfolds into
>a full-size map of england's geology. Not the eight foot size of the
>original, but still quite nice. I've only just started it myself,
>but if it's as good as his previous ("The Professor and the Madman",
>the story of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary), it
>should be a good read.
>
>--
>- Bill Thoen