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The Invention of Air

By Steven Johnson

The Invention of Air Science

The Invention of Air

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From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the "exhilarating"( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, "a founding father long forgotten"(Newsweek) and a brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers. In The Invention of Air, national bestselling author Steven Johnson tells the fascinating story of Joseph Priestley-scientist and theologian, protégé of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jefferson-an eighteenth-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the discovery of oxygen, the uses of oxygen, scientific experimentation, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the United States. As he did so masterfully in The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson uses a dramatic historical story to explore themes that have long engaged him: innovative strategies, intellectual models, and the way new ideas emerge and spread, and the environments that foster these breakthroughs.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2009-09-29
Publication Date:
2009-09-29
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1594484015
ISBN13:
9781594484018
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
422 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
18 cm

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