The Age of the Amateur Scientist

Jenny Uglow, The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world (920 UGL)

Richard Hamblyn, The invention of clouds : how an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies (551.576 HAM)

Simon Winchester, The map that changed the world : William Smith and the birth of modern geology (921 SMITH)

Simon Garfield, Mauve : how one man invented a color that changed the world (667.25094 GAR)

Lucy Jago,  The northern lights  (921 BIRKELAND)

Ken Alder,  The measure of all things : the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world (526.14 ALD)

Martin Gorst, Measuring eternity : the search for the beginning of time (551.7 GOR)

Janet Gleeson,  The arcanum : the extraordinary true story (738.209 GLE)

Dava Sobel,  Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time (527.2 SOB)

Benjamin Wooley,  The bride of science : romance, reason, and Byron's daughter  (921 LOVELACE)

George Johnson,  Miss Leavitt's stars : the untold story of the woman who discovered how to measure the universe (520.9 JOH)

H.W. Brands, The first American : the life and times of Benjamin Franklin (921 Franklin )

Amir D. Aczel,  The riddle of the compass : the invention that changed the world  (912.0284 ACZ)

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