Books - Review

	The Invention of Air	A biography of Joseph Priestly who in the 18th century was one of the scientists to identify and isolate of oxygen and study its properties, although he didn't understand his discovery as well as, say, Lavoisier did. Still, he was good friends with Benjamin Franklin (kite in a thunder storm etc) and when he emigrated to US he contributed to the new scientific way of thinking.
	by Steven Johnson
	Score: 6.5
	Published: 2008
	Read: February 5th 2016

Comments

John said

Hmm, not as interesting as I'd hoped it might be. Bit dry, bit dull.

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