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The invention of air : a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America / Steven Johnson.

Author: Johnson, Steven, 1968-

Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.

ISBN: 9781594488528
1594488525

Description: xvi, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Scientists Great Britain Biography.
Chemists Great Britain Biography.

Contents: The vortex -- The electricians -- Rose and nightshade -- Intermezzo: an island of coal -- The wild gas -- A Comet in the system.

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.

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