Ben Franklin stilled the waves
Subtitle: an informal history of pouring oil on water with reflections on the ups and downs of scientific life in general
By: Charles Tanford.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Knowledge -- Science; Molecules; Scientists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-260) and index.
Originally published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1989. With new pref.