Steven Johnson: Coffee Fueled the Age of Enlightenment
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Steven Johnson talks about his book, The Invention of Air.Johnson recounts the story of Joseph Priestley -- scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin -- an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the U.S. - Book Passage