Invention of air
by Steven Johnson · first published 2009
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Bestselling author Steven Johnson recounts—in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion—the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America’s Founding Fathers. The Invention of Air is a book of world-changing ideas wrapped around a compelling narrative, a story of genius and violence and friendship in the midst of sweeping historical change that provokes us to recast our understanding of the Founding Fathers. It is the story of Joseph Priestley—scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jefferson—an eighteenth
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A couple additions I would suggest (keeping with the theme of non-fiction interesting to the general reader, not industry-specific works): * Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling - Ross King * The Invention of Air - Steven Johnson * The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - Peter Frankopan Other suggestions?
on “The 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years” ↗I highly recommend his book, The Invention of Air http://www.amazon.com/The-Invention-Air-Steven-Johnson/dp/B0...
on “The Lost World of the London Coffeehouse” ↗…something.) * Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories, by Raymond Carver (Started in, will work slowly through the stories.) Sitting on the floor, beckoning me: * Sunnyside, by Glen David Gold * The Invention of Air, by Steven Johnson
on “What are you reading?” ↗