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A world on fire : a heretic, an aristocrat, and the race to discover oxygen / Joe Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Joe, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oxygen.
- Science--Europe--History--18th century.
- Science.
- Europe.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2005.
- Summary:
- This gripping account of a key tipping point in the history of science is set against the upheavals of a revolutionary age. 8-page photo insert.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-395) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670034347
- OCLC:
- 57373687
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