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000437038 1001_ $$aPrince, Cathryn J.,$$d1969-
000437038 24512 $$aA professor, a president, and a meteor :$$bthe birth of American science /$$cCathryn J. Prince.
000437038 260__ $$aAmherst, N.Y. :$$bPrometheus Books,$$c2011.
000437038 300__ $$a254 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000437038 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000437038 5050_ $$aEverything is illuminated -- The professors investigate -- The man behind the meteor -- The state of science -- President Jefferson and New England argue -- Whereby Silliman and Kingsley convince the public -- Thunderstones -- The misquote heard round the world -- Romancing the stones -- Silliman's schools -- Where we are today.
000437038 520__ $$aDescribes 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.
000437038 60010 $$aSilliman, Benjamin,$$d1779-1864.
000437038 650_0 $$aScientists$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000437038 650_0 $$aScience$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century.
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