Gentlemen scientists and revolutionaries
Subtitle: the Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment
By: Tom Shachtman
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781137278258
Subjects: Founding Fathers of the United States; History; Science and state; Technology and state; Intellectual life
Other titles: Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment
Description: Explores the scientific pursuits and discoveries of the Founding Fathers, from George Washington's embrace of an experimental vaccination for smallpox that saved the American army in 1777 to Thomas Paine's many inventions, including the first-ever iron span bridge. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhoods of the Founding Fathers; title: "Variola" in Boston, 1721-22; title: Godfathers of American science; title: The bolt from the blue; title: Tracking the heavens from the Colonies; title: "Expressions of the American mind"; title: "This most dangerous enemy"; title: Seeking a technological edge; title: Science resurfaces; title: Midcourse corrections; title: Patents, innovations, and first steps; title: The science-minded presidency; title: The interweaving.