The lunar men


Title	The lunar men the friends who made the future; 1730-1810
Author	Jenny Uglow
Publication	Faber and Faber
Size	XX, 588p
Language	ENG
ISBN	0571216102
Topics	Biography--Collective Lunar Society of Birmingham Awards--James Tait Black Memorial Prize Awards--Hessell-Tiltman History Prize Biography--Philosophy
Notes	"never has the eighteenth century come so much to life." [The Observer] "full of [...] the real sense that scientific curiosity is as exciting as any 'artistic' pursuit." [A. S. Byatt]

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UGLO 12

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