Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
A American History, Science, North American Hi... book. The focus was on Franklin's scientific explorations and primarily his electricity & lightning experiments that were...
“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 LifeToday 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 was an eminent statesman, he was famous for his revolutionary scientific work. Pulitzer Prize finalist Philip Dray uses the evolution of Franklin’s scientific curiosity and empirical thinking as a metaphor for America’s struggle to establish its fundamental values. He recounts how...
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Not quite a biography of Ben Franklin, more a perspective on the 18th Century, the Enlightenment and the role Franklin played in ending the era of superstition and ignorance. Well worth reading, especially if you never quite got why the invention of the lightning rod was such a big deal. Interesting study of Franklin's life. The focus was on Franklin's scientific explorations and primarily his electricity & lightning experiments that were a major step forward in this part of the era of enlightenment. It was revealing how this was part of the whole creation of a broader scientific method, the interaction with religious forces, and finally its impact oin...
