The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America - Softcover

Johnson, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594484015 ISBN 13: 9781594484018

Publisher: Riverhead Books, 2009

Synopsis

A portrait of scientist and theologian Joseph Priestly evaluates his friendships with such founding fathers as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson while citing Priestly's role in the nation's intellectual development, the pursuit of key scientific agendas and the founding of the Unitarian Church. Reprint. A best-selling book.

About this title

Review:

A shot of the purest oxygen (Simon Winchester)

It fizzes (John Gapper FT)

Entertaining ... clear-sighted and intelligent (The New Yorker)

[Johnson is] an infectiously exciting writer ... The Invention of Air is delightful to read (Salon)

Packed with excellent stuff (Russell Davies)

Johnson paints Priestley not as a man of the past but precisely the sort of figure the world needs more than ever (New York Post)

About the Author:

Steven Johnson is the author of seven bestsellers, including Future Perfect, Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, The Ghost Map, and Everything Bad Is Good for You, and is the editor of the anthology The Innovator’s Cookbook. He is the founder of a variety of influential websites—most recently, outside.in—and writes for Time, Wired, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Marin County, California, with his wife and three sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1594484015
• ISBN 13: 9781594484018
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276