Author: GUINAGH, KEVIN; PREFACE BY ARTHUR E. MORGAN
Title: Inspired Amateurs
Description: London / New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-library Hardcover, Retired school library copy, minimally staped, labeled and marked; Textblock overall very clean and tight; Front and rear gutters aged from old binding glue that has turned brown; The binding is scuffed and frayed at the spine head and board corners, with lesser wear along the edges; Character-wear to the boards; Lacks dust jacket; 171p. Stories of inspired amateurs who excelled outside their chosen professions; Joseph Priestly, preacher turned Chemist; Gregor Mendel, monk in a monastery who studied genetics and heredity; William Herschel, a musician who studied the stars, and much more. Good+.

Keywords: Inventors, Scientists, Entrepreneurs, Dreamers, History of Innovation, Biography Science Social Science Astronomy


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