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Author Chaplin, Joyce E.

Title The first scientific American [electronic resource] : Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius / Joyce E. Chaplin.

Imprint New York : Basic Books, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 421 p. : ill., maps.
Note Paperback published in 2007 by Basic Books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Genius -- Head and hands -- Man of letters -- Experiments and observations -- The Franklin paradox -- Distance -- Wrecked -- The science of war -- Final accounts -- Afterlife.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0465009557 (hardcover)
9780465009558 (hardcover)
0465009565
9780465009565
9780465008858 (e-book)

 
    
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