In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution.
In this title, the author tells his story: the discovery of oxygen, the invention of a science, the founding of a church, and, with the great minds of his time, the development of the United States itself.
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Penguin Books Ltd Invention of air. an experiment, a journey, a new country and the amazing force of scientific discovery, paperback/stephen t. johnson
