The first scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius / Joyce E. Chaplin.
2006
Q143.F8 C47 2006 (Mapit)
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The first scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius / Joyce E. Chaplin.
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ISBN
0465009557
9780465009558
9780465009558
Publication Details
New York : Basic Books, c2006.
Language
English
Description
x, 421 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Q143.F8 C47 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
509/.2
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-404) and index.
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Table of Contents
Genius
Head and hands
Man of letters
Experiments and observations
The Franklin paradox
Distance
Wrecked
The science of war
Final accounts
Afterlife.
Head and hands
Man of letters
Experiments and observations
The Franklin paradox
Distance
Wrecked
The science of war
Final accounts
Afterlife.