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The Invention of Air
by Steven Johnson
Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, friend of Franklin and Jefferson, driven from England for his politics. Science, faith and revolution in one life.
Read it if…
you want an Enlightenment life that connects science and politics.
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Skip it if…
you want chemistry.
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Three things you will actually use
- Ideas travel in networks.
- Science and faith coexisted.
- Persecution exports talent.
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Read the chapters on the Lunar Society.
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Johnson's Priestley.
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