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Author Prince, Cathryn J., 1969-

Title A professor, a president, and a meteor : the birth of American science / Cathryn J. Prince.

Imprint Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  509.7309034 P935p 2011    ---  Available
Description 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864.
Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Meteorites -- Connecticut.
ISBN 9781616142247 (cloth : alk. paper)
1616142243 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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