The first scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius /
Chaplin, Joyce E.
New York : Basic Books,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-404) and index.
Genius -- Head and hands -- Man of letters -- Experiments and observations -- The Franklin paradox -- Distance -- Wrecked -- The science of war -- Final accounts -- Afterlife.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Scientists
Statesmen