A World On Fire : A Heretic, An Aristocrat and the Race to Discover Oxygen
By Joe JacksonTraces the breakthrough discovery of oxygen at the end of the 1700s by a pair of rival scientists, describing how English dissenter Joseph Priestley and French aristocrat Antoine Lavoisier waged a fierce competition to solve the "riddle of air" in spite of such historical challenges as the American Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. 25,000 first printing.
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- Hardcover
- 432 pages
- English
- 0670034347
- 9780670034345
About Joe Jackson
joe jackson is the author of seven works of nonfiction and a novel. his nonfiction includes: leavenworth train, a finalist for the 2002 edgar award for bes Read More about Joe Jackson
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