TY - BOOK AB - Describes how Professor Benjamin Silliman, beginning with his investigation of a meteorite that fell over Weston, Connecticut in the winter of 1807, inspired a generation of American scientists. AU - Prince, Cathryn J., CN - Q143.S56 CN - Q143.S56 CY - Amherst, N.Y. : DA - 2011. ID - 437038 KW - Scientists KW - Science N2 - Describes how Professor Benjamin Silliman, beginning with his investigation of a meteorite that fell over Weston, Connecticut in the winter of 1807, inspired a generation of American scientists. PB - Prometheus Books, PP - Amherst, N.Y. : PY - 2011. SN - 9781616142247 (alk. paper) SN - 1616142243 (alk. paper) T1 - A professor, a president, and a meteor :the birth of American science / TI - A professor, a president, and a meteor :the birth of American science / ER -