The invention of air : an experiment, a journey, a new country, and the amazing force of scientific discovery / Steven Johnson.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2009.Description: xvii, 276 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780141044354 (pbk.) :
- 540.92 22
- QD22
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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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