James Smithson is best known as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, but few people know his full and fascinating story. He was a widely respected chemist and mineralogist and a member of the Royal Society, but in 1865, his letters, collection of 10,000 minerals, and more than 200 unpublished papers were lost to a fire in the Smithsonian Castle. His scientific legacy was further written off as insignificant in an 1879 essay published through the Smithsonian fifty years after his death, a claim that author Steven Turner demonstrates is far from the truth.
Call No.
509.2 Tur
ISBN
9781705016572
Accession No.
2020681
Member Library Holdings
VPL c.1 07/21
Publisher
Prince Frederick, Maryland : Recorded Books, Inc., 2020