A professor, a president, and a meteor
Subtitle: the birth of American science
By: Cathryn J. Prince
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781616142247
Subjects: Science; Scientists; Biography; History
Description: Describes 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.