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The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America Paperback - 2009
by Steven Johnson
Bestselling author Johnson recounts the story of Joseph Priestley--scientist and theologian, protg 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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From the bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good for You, 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 Priestleyscientist and theologian, protégé of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jeffersonan 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.
In The Invention of Air, national bestselling author Steven Johnson tells the fascinating story of Joseph Priestleyscientist and theologian, protégé of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jeffersonan 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.
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- Title The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America
- Author Steven Johnson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-09-29
- ISBN 9781594484018 / 1594484015
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.46 x 0.65 in (20.88 x 13.87 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008046101
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times Book Review, 11/08/2009, Page 36
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