Benjamin Franklin
"Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait."--
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.,
2013.
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| Series: | Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science.
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| 264 | 1 | |a New York, New York : |b Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., |c 2013. | |
| 300 | |a 121 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The swimmer -- The runaway -- Extraordinary ambition -- How to keep warm -- Electric picnics? -- Lightning strikes -- And more -- Wrong turns, right turns, and funny turns -- In his spare time -- Franklinmania -- Under the mulberry tree -- Lasting impact. | |
| 520 | |a "Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 520 | |a Shows Ben Franklin the "natural philosopher" (the term for scientists back in the 1700s), whose experiments led to important discoveries about the nature of electricity -- including his famous demonstration that electricity and lightning were one and the same. | ||
| 521 | 1 | |a 10 plus. | |
| 521 | 2 | |a Grades 4 to 6. | |
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