Jennifer Uglow

Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was a group of eighteenth-century amateur experimenters. The story brings to life this group of inventors, artisans and tycoons who shaped and inspired the modern world and kick-started the Industrial Revolution.

The Friends who Made the Future, 1730-1810

The Lunar Men

The enthusiastic response to the Dictionary has prompted this second substantially enlarged, revised and updated edition. It now contains essential details of the lives of over 2000 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life - from queens to cooks, engineers to entertainers, pilots to poisoners. The new entries include women who have hit the headlines in the past five years - from Cory Aquino to Madonna - but the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research and a special new feature is the extended treatment of women from Third World countries. With subsections for further reading, comprehensive subject index and bibliographical survey, the Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography is an invaluable reference source - and a fascinating bed-time read.

Jennifer Uglow

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