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<p><P>At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America&#8217;s first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France&#8217;s military and financial support for the American Revolution. A father of the revolution and a signer of the Constitution, Franklin was a lightning rod in political circles &#8211; &#8220;a dangerous Engine,&#8221; according to a critic. And although he devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to affairs of state, his first love was always science. Handsome pen-and-ink drawings highlight moments in this revolutionary thinker&#8217;s life.<P><P>From the author and illustrator of <i>The Longitude Prize</i>, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and winner of the <i>Boston</i><i> Globe&#8211;Horn </i><i>Book </i>Award, comes another story of adventure and invention, of one man&#8217;s curiosity and the extraordinary rewards of his discoveries, just in time to celebrate the 300t

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Author

Joan Dash; pictures by Dušan Petričić

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781415662571

Category

science

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.5 / 5 (34 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14