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The invention of air a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America

Recounts the story of Joseph Priestley--scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin--an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the U.S.

Main Author: Johnson, Steven, 1968-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
Subjects:
Stein, Sylvia tribute.
Priestley, Joseph, > 1733-1804.
Chemists > Great Britain > Biography.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Summary: Recounts the story of Joseph Priestley--scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin--an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the U.S.
Physical Description: xvi, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-239) and index.
ISBN: 9781594488528
1594488525
Author Notes: Steven Johnson was born on June 6, 1968. He received an undergraduate degree at Brown University, where he studied semiotics, and later went on to receive a graduate degree in English literature from Columbia University. He is the author of several books including Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age; Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation; The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and the Birth of America; and The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic-and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World. His book, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World, was the subject of a six-part series on PBS, which he also hosted.

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