Invention of air
Subtitle: a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America
By: Steven Johnson.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781594488528
Subjects: Priestley, Joseph, -- 1733-1804; Chemists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.