The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World by Jenny Uglow

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World

Jenny Uglow

588 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
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In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change t...

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