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Gentlemen scientists and revolutionaries : the Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment / Tom Shachtman.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Q127.U6 S46 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shachtman, Tom, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science and state--United States--History--18th century.
- Science and state.
- Science and state--United States--History--19th century.
- Technology and state--United States--History--18th century.
- Technology and state.
- Technology and state--United States--History--19th century.
- History.
- United States--History--18th century.
- United States.
- United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Intellectual life.
- United States--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 254 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Summary:
- Explores the scientific pursuits and discoveries of the Founding Fathers, from George Washington's embrace of an experimental vaccination for smallpox that saved the American army in 1777 to Thomas Paine's many inventions, including the first-ever iron span bridge. --Publisher's description.
- Explores the scientific pursuits and discoveries of the Founding Fathers, from George Washington's embrace of an experimental vaccination for smallpox that saved the American army in 1777 to Thomas Paine's many inventions, including the first-ever iron span bridge. --Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Childhoods of the Founding Fathers
- "Variola" in Boston, 1721-22
- Godfathers of American science
- The bolt from the blue
- Tracking the heavens from the Colonies
- "Expressions of the American mind"
- "This most dangerous enemy"
- Seeking a technological edge
- Science resurfaces
- Midcourse corrections
- Patents, innovations, and first steps
- The science-minded presidency
- The interweaving.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-245) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Kennedy fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781137278258
- 1137278250
- OCLC:
- 869437526
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