Everything is illuminated -- The professors investigate -- The man behind the meteor -- The state of science -- President Jefferson and New England argue -- Whereby Silliman and Kingsley convince the public -- Thunderstones -- The misquote heard round the world -- Romancing the stones -- Silliman's schools -- Where we are today.
Summary
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.