The first scientific American
Subtitle: Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius
By: Joyce E. Chaplin
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790; Scientists -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Genius; title: Head and hands; title: Man of letters; title: Experiments and observations; title: The Franklin paradox; title: Distance; title: Wrecked; title: The science of war; title: Final accounts; title: Afterlife