The Lunar MenIn the 1760s, a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toy maker Matthew Boulton and his partner James Watt, of steam engine fame; the potter Josiah Wedgewood; the larger than life Erasmus Darwin, physician, poet, inventor, and