{"product_id":"a-world-on-fire-a-heretic-an-aristocrat-and-the-race-to-discover-oxygen-paperback","title":"A World on Fire: A Heretic, an Aristocrat, and the Race to Discover Oxygen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Charles Seife's \u003ci\u003eZero\u003c\/i\u003e and Dava Sobel's \u003ci\u003eLongitude\u003c\/i\u003e, this passionate intellectual history is the story of the intersection of science and the human, in this case the rivals who discovered oxygen in the late 1700s. That breakthrough changed the world as radically as those of Newton and Darwin but was at first eclipsed by revolution and reaction. In chronicling the triumph and ruin of the English freethinker Joseph Priestley and the French nobleman Antoine Lavoisier--the former exiled, the latter executed on the guillotine--\u003ci\u003eA World on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the perilous place of science in an age of unreason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four works of nonfiction and a novel. He was an investigative reporter for the Norfolk\u003ci\u003e Virginian-Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e for 12 years, covering criminal justice and the state's death row. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He can be reached through his website, joejacksonbooks.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.44 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48272057008349,"sku":"9780143038832","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/vfka83yP7K9780143038832.webp?v=1785256680","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-world-on-fire-a-heretic-an-aristocrat-and-the-race-to-discover-oxygen-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}