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Fascinating look at an influential group of individuals (the Lunar Society) working in and around Birmingham as the Industrial Revolution was picking up speed in the late 18th century. Uglow is as confident and elegant in documenting the brilliance of Darwin's poetry as she is explaining the inner workings of one of Watt's great steam engines (a few of which function to this day, apparently. How I'd love to see them...) and Thomas Day's obsession with Rousseau. More than anything else, this book attempts to bring to life the revolutionary spirit that gripped parts of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, a spirit which has made modern life possible. I loved it.