The Lost World of James Smithson
Subtitle: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: April 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781596910294
Subjects: Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - General; Scientists - General; United States - 19th Century; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; 1765-1829; Biography; Great Britain; History; Scientists; Smithson, James,; Smithsonian Institution
Description: Chronicles the life of James Smithson as a scientist, suspected spy, gambler, radical revolutionary, and philanthropist, telling the story of his remarkable bequest and the controversy it spawned.