The lost world of James Smithson

science, revolution, and the birth of the Smithsonian

Presents a comprehensive profile of British mineralogist and chemist James Smithson, who bequeathed half a million dollars to the United States for the purpose of establishing a museum.

Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
2007
9781596910294
book

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