Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America - Softcover

Dray, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812968107 ISBN 13: 9780812968101

Verlag: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

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Book by Dray Philip

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"The best study of Franklin as a scientist ever written."
-Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers

"Absorbing . . . There are other Franklins-the entrepreneur, the diplomat, the statesman, the architect of independence- but in Franklin the scientist, Mr. Dray may have found the happiest one of all."
-The New York Times

"Delightful . . . Dray offers a survey of Ben Franklin's scientific career, describing both the ridicule and glory that his experiments inspired."
-The Wall Street Journal

"A masterful glimpse of . . . Franklin's work [and] a captivating cultural history of Franklin's America."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"[An] illuminating study . . . elegantly written."
-Los Angeles Times

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“Dray captures the genius and ingenuity of Franklin’s scientific thinking and then does something even more fascinating: He shows how science shaped his diplomacy, politics, and Enlightenment philosophy.”
–Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Today we think of Benjamin Franklin as a founder of American independence who also dabbled in science. But in Franklin’s day, the era of Enlightenment, long before he was an eminent statesman, he was famous for his revolutionary scientific work. Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray uses the evolution of Franklin’s scientific curiosity and empirical thinking as a metaphor for America’s struggle to establish its fundamental values. He recounts how Franklin unlocked one of the greatest natural mysteries of his day, the seemingly unknowable powers of lightning and electricity. Rich in historical detail and based on numerous primary sources, Stealing God’s Thunder is a fascinating original look at one of our most beloved and complex founding fathers.

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• Verlag: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0812968107
• ISBN 13: 9780812968101
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304