Ingenious Dr. Franklin - Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin

Informationen zum Autor Nathan G. Goodman is the author of Benjamin Rush, Physician and Citizen, 1746-1813, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Klappentext "Dr. Franklin's own excited! uproariously witty reports to his family! his friends! and his scientific colleagues in Europe and America create an incomparable portrait of science in the eighteenth century. Reading these letters fosters a new affection fo Zusammenfassung Franklin's most entertaining speculative letters on a variety of subjects: the first balloon ascensions, electrocution, daylight saving, bifocal glasses, magic squares, his famous Kite and Stove, and so on.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Benjamin Franklin, Nathan G. Goodman
• Con la collaborazione di: Nathan G Goodman (Editore), Nathan G. Goodman (Editore)
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1974
• EAN: 9780812210675
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1067-5
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Pennsylvania Paperbacks; Pennsylvania Paperbacks
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, HISTORY / United States / General, Biography / Autobiography, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General