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The First Scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius by Chaplin, Joyce is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The First Scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius about?
Annotation Famous, fascinating Benjamin Franklin-he would be neither without his accomplishments in science. In this authoritative intellectual biography of Americas most brilliant and cosmopolitan Founding Father, Joyce Chaplin considers Franklins scientific work as a career in its own right as well as the basis of his political thought. The famous kite and other experiments with electricity were only part of Franklins accomplishments. He charted the Gulf Stream, made important observations in meteorology, and used the burgeoning science of political arithmetic to make unprecedented statements about Americas power. Even as he stepped onto the world stage as an illustrious statesman and diplomat in the years leading up to the American Revolution, his fascination with nature was unrelenting
Who reads The First Scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Chaplin, Joyce
- Publisher
- Basic Books Perseus Books Group [distributor
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465009565
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Science
