Hicks made major contributions to many areas of 20th-century economics; four, in particular, stand out.
The book's title refers to areas of 15th-century maps where the maker described a place by overlaying detailed fragments of it.
Because freedom of speech is a right that other rights depend on, this book encompasses vast areas of 21st-century dispute.
Start in the old town and then head east, where the city grows into areas of 19th-century boulevards that merit further exploration.
But as in other areas of 18th-century learning, history introduced an element of doubt: had there really been progress from ancient to modern times?
They are light and innocent in tone, like musical comedies; they have a charming note of sweet naivety; and they move into some of the darkest areas of 20th-century history.
Part of what has kept real estate developers and retailers at bay so far in Chelsea is special zoning created by the city in the 1990s, which helped preserve Chelsea's low scale and kept commercial mixed in with residential, mostly in midblock areas of 24th through 27th Streets.
Not long after, the Fiells' long partnership with Taschen was born, resulting in an extensive list of titles covering all areas of 20th-century design, from industrial to Scandinavian, lighting to chairs, 3-D forms to 2-D graphics – uniformly received as the last word on the subject in question.
In Paris the houses in the Marais district and on the Île Saint-Louis have had their original splendour restored, while around Montparnasse, for example, poor areas of 19th-century building have been bulldozed to make room for fashionable modern apartment blocks.
Microbiologist at the University of Birmingham, Prof Laura Piddock, told BBC's Newsnight that antibiotics are miracle drugs which underpin all areas of 21st Century medicine.
