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The invention of air : an experiment, a journey, a new country, and the amazing force of scientific discovery / Steven Johnson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2009.Description: xvii, 276 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141044354 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 540.92 22
LOC classification:
  • QD22
Summary: 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.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 540.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R14328W0499

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.

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