The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world
Uglow, Jennifer
The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world / Jenny Uglow - 1st American ed - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , 2002. - xx, 588 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map ; 25 cm.
Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-558) and index.
Uglow paints a group portrait of five of the leading members of England's 18th-century Lunar Society. The richly illustrated volume focuses on the projects and discoveries that resulted from the collaboration of manufacturer Matthew Boulton; physician, poet, and biological theorist Erasmus Darwin; inventor James Watt; potter Josiah Wedgwood; and preacher and chemist Joseph Priestly. Uglow is Honorary Visiting Professor at the U. of Warwick.
9780374194406
2002072353
Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
Inventors----Great Britain----Biography
Scientists---Great Britain----Biography
Inventions----History----Great Britain
Science----History----Great Britain
T39 / .U35 2002
609.2 UGL
The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world / Jenny Uglow - 1st American ed - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux , 2002. - xx, 588 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map ; 25 cm.
Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-558) and index.
Uglow paints a group portrait of five of the leading members of England's 18th-century Lunar Society. The richly illustrated volume focuses on the projects and discoveries that resulted from the collaboration of manufacturer Matthew Boulton; physician, poet, and biological theorist Erasmus Darwin; inventor James Watt; potter Josiah Wedgwood; and preacher and chemist Joseph Priestly. Uglow is Honorary Visiting Professor at the U. of Warwick.
9780374194406
2002072353
Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
Inventors----Great Britain----Biography
Scientists---Great Britain----Biography
Inventions----History----Great Britain
Science----History----Great Britain
T39 / .U35 2002
609.2 UGL
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