The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius

by Mike Jay

Book Overview

The stranger-than-fiction story of the Enlightenment visionaries who discovered the unexpected effects of inhaling nitrous oxide

At the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, England, founded in the closing years of the eighteenth century, dramatic experiments with gases precipitated not only a revolution in scientific medicine but also in the history of ideas. Guided by the energy of maverick doctor Thomas Beddoes, the institution was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300168918
• ISBN13: 9780300168914
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"