Uglow, Jennifer <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-558) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374194406 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002072353 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inventors----Great Britain----Biography<br/>Scientists---Great Britain----Biography<br/>Inventions----History----Great Britain<br/>Science----History----Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T39  / .U35 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>609.2 UGL