The lost world of James Smithson

science, revolution, and the birth of the Smithsonian

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432 pages 2007

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Chronicles the life of James Smithson as a scientist, suspected spy, gambler, radical revolutionary, and philanthropist, telling the story of his remarkable bequest and the controversy it spawned.

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