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" The first scientific American "
Joyce E. Chaplin.
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BL
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674680
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b503869
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| Main Entry
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Chaplin, Joyce E.
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The first scientific American : Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius /\ Joyce E. Chaplin.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Basic Books,, 2006.
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x, 421 p. :: ill., maps.
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0465009557 (hardcover)
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0465009565
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9780465008858 (e-book)
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9780465009558 (hardcover)
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9780465009565
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| Notes
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Paperback published in 2007 by Basic Books.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Genius -- Head and hands -- Man of letters -- Experiments and observations -- The Franklin paradox -- Distance -- Wrecked -- The science of war -- Final accounts -- Afterlife.
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Franklin, Benjamin,1706-1790.
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Scientists-- United States, Biography.
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Statesmen-- United States, Biography.
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| Dewey Classification
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509/.2
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Q143.F8C47 2006eb
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ebrary, Inc.
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