The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
Uglow, Jenny
ISBN 10: 0374194408 ISBN 13: 9780374194406
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
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Synopsis:
Chronicles the friendships of Matthew Boulton, James, Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, Erasmus Darwin, and Joseph Priestly, whose ideas and experiments launched the Industrial Revolution. 15,000 first printing.
About the Author:
Jenny Uglow is an editor at Chatto & Windus and lives in Canterbury, England. Her previous books include Hogarth (FSG 1997), Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories (FSG 1993), and George Eliot. She is Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Title: The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity ...
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Fair