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 | #176541 in Books |  Random House Trade Paperbacks |  2005-12-27 |  2005-12-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.99 x.68 x5.23l,.56 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Enjoyable from start to finish|By KingSonal|I have read several books on Franklin, and so even with much knowledge going into reading this one I found the work to be thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.

The author does a good job of giving a basic biographical background while staying on the central theme of the discoveries in electricity. Though there is an un|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Ben Franklin's invention of the lightning rod and his revelation of the mysterious workings of lightning and thunder made him one of the foremost scientists of his day. As Dray, who won the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Prize

“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...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America   |  Philip Dray. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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