A Prometheus on a Human Scale - Ignacy Lukasiewicz

Author : Grzegorz Zamoyski,Piotr Franaszek

Hardback

Published : Thursday 31 October 2019

ISBN : 9783631792919

Price : €65.05

Description

This book is dedicated to the life and work of Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist, whose achievements include construction of the world's first oil refinery and invention of the modern kerosene lamp. The book also portrays the history of the Galician oil industry in the context of political, social and technological changes of the 19th century.

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