{"product_id":"invention-of-air","title":"Invention of Air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Bad is Good for You\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Johnson's \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Air\u003c\/i\u003e tells the incredible story of scientist and radical Joseph Priestley, who invented soda water, discovered oxygen, and incited rioting with his political views.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution. Steven Johnson tells his incredible story: the discovery of oxygen, the invention of a science, the founding of a church, and, with the great minds of his time, the development of the United States itself. But Priestley's revolutionary ideas put him in terrible danger. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Johnson uses the progress of Priestley and his colleagues not merely to describe the wonder of discovery, but to show us how we have come to understand the world, how far we have travelled with the power of human enquiry - and how one man's curiosity can help build an entire country. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A shot of the purest oxygen'\u003cbr\u003e  Simon Winchester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Packed with excellent stuff'\u003cbr\u003e  Russell Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Entertaining ... clear-sighted and intelligent' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'As full of ingenuity and as delightful as its subject'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Brilliant'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Johnson paints Priestley not as a man of the past but precisely the sort of figure the world needs more than ever' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSteven Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the acclaimed books \u003ci\u003eEverything Bad is Good for You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMind Wide Open\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhere Good Ideas Come From,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Map\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmergence \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInterface Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the op-ed pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at NYU's School Of Journalism, and a Contributing Editor to \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252651020632,"sku":"9780141044354","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141044354_85005349-b55d-4d42-b249-85a0e4590073.jpg?v=1764816335","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/invention-of-air","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}