Next time you open a can of pop, give a thought to the sprightly Englishman Joseph Priestley, the inventor of soda water — and also a political radical, religious heretic and scientific pioneer. In ...

Joseph Priestley was the English chemist who discovered oxygen, and you can learn about his work, his family and his connection to the American Revolution at his home in Northumberland, PA. Joseph ...

Attendees couldn't have easily missed hearing about 18th-century chemist Joseph Priestley at last month's American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia. A number of events conspired to ...

Although he has titled his absorbing book "The Invention of Air," Steven Johnson might have expropriated John O'Hara's "Sermons and Soda Water" for this fast-moving and concise account of the life of ...

He knew nine languages, published around 150 works and was friendly with the founding fathers of America. However, in Britain, Joseph Priestley is perhaps best remembered for his science - especially ...

BLOOMSBURG — If you want to learn more about “Gunpowder Joe” — Joseph Priestley, whose historic house still stands along the Susquehanna River — you’ll want to see the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble’s ...

NORTHUMBERLAND — The Joseph Priestley House may soon join the growing roster of historical and cultural institutions that have closed their operations in the face of a weakening economy. A ...

Priestley Chapel Associates will present its monthly “First Sunday Program of Music and Words” from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. on ...

Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) is known to many chemists only as the person for whom the highest award of the American Chemical Society is named. A few modern chemists, Roald Hoffmann and Carl Djerassi ...

Book Tour is a Web feature and podcast. Each week, we present leading authors of fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their work. Author Steven Johnson's new book, The Invention of Air ...

Oct. 22—If You Go What: The Joseph Priestley House ghost tour When: Saturday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. Three time slots available. Where: The Joseph Priestley House, 472 Priestley Ave., ...