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From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the âexhilaratingâ( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, âa founding father long forgottenâ(Newsweek) and a brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers.âŠ
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Few figures better embody the intersection of innovation and revolutionary radicalism than the brilliant theologian, political theorist, and natural philosopher, Joseph Priestley, the subject of Johnsonâs delightful and informative book. An ordained minister, Priestley abandoned the teachings of the Church of England for Unitarianism, a move that banished him to the theological sidelines. Priestleyâs brilliance was not limited to the theological and, as he moved to the outer fringes of British religious life, he moved to the red-hot center of the nationâs scientific life, gaining election to the esteemed Royal Society. Among Priestleyâs many contributions to the chemical sciences wasâŠ
From Edward's list on ingenuity and innovation in the American Revolution.
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