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Benjamin Franklin / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science ; Publisher: New York : Viking, [2013]Description: 121pages 22cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 9780670012879 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.2 B 23
  • 921 FRANKLIN 15
LOC classification:
  • Q143.F8 K78 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- The swimmer -- The runaway -- Extraordinary ambition -- How to keep warm -- Electric picnics? -- Lightning strikes -- And more -- Wrong turns, right turns, and funny turns -- In his spare time -- Franklinmania -- Under the mulberry tree -- Lasting impact.
Summary: "Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait."-- Provided by publisher.Summary: An account of the Founding Father's particular contributions as a scientist illuminates his studies on the nature of air and heat as well as the process through which he proved that lightning and electricity are the same.
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Books Idaho Springs Public Library Junior Biography J B FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30404100088820

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The swimmer -- The runaway -- Extraordinary ambition -- How to keep warm -- Electric picnics? -- Lightning strikes -- And more -- Wrong turns, right turns, and funny turns -- In his spare time -- Franklinmania -- Under the mulberry tree -- Lasting impact.

"Kathleen Krull sheds new light on the Benjamin Franklin--who considered science his true calling in life, not nation building--in this perceptive, fair-minded portrait."-- Provided by publisher.

An account of the Founding Father's particular contributions as a scientist illuminates his studies on the nature of air and heat as well as the process through which he proved that lightning and electricity are the same.

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Grades 4 to 6.

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