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The Invention of Air

The Invention of Air, by Steven Johnson

by Derwood Hunsdale-Talbot on September 25, 2009

Upon finishing this book, you might wonder why a portrait of its subject, Joseph Priestly, isn’t seen on some piece of American currency. He was that important. He was also a good friend of a number of folks who did eventually get their faces on money, such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.

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