TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krull,Kathleen
AU  - Kulikov,Boris
TI  - Benjamin Franklin
T2  - Giants of science
SN  - 9780670012879 (hardcover)
AV  - Q143.F8 K78 2013
U1  - 509.2B 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Franklin, Benjamin,
KW  - Scientists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Inventors
KW  - sears
N1  - 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; 10 plus; Grades 4 to 6
N2  - "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."--; 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
ER  -