The invention of air :
Johnson, Steven, 1968-
The invention of air : an experiment, a journey, a new country, and the amazing force of scientific discovery / Steven Johnson. - London : Penguin, 2009. - xvii, 276 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: New York: Penguin, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution. Steven Johnson tells his incredible story: the discovery of oxygen, the invention of a science, the founding of a church, and, with the great minds of his time, the development of the US itself.
9780141044354 (pbk.) : £9.99
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.
Exiles--Great Britain--Biography.
Exiles--United States--Biography.
Discoveries in science--History.
Biography.
QD22
540.92
The invention of air : an experiment, a journey, a new country, and the amazing force of scientific discovery / Steven Johnson. - London : Penguin, 2009. - xvii, 276 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: New York: Penguin, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution. Steven Johnson tells his incredible story: the discovery of oxygen, the invention of a science, the founding of a church, and, with the great minds of his time, the development of the US itself.
9780141044354 (pbk.) : £9.99
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.
Exiles--Great Britain--Biography.
Exiles--United States--Biography.
Discoveries in science--History.
Biography.
QD22
540.92