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Bolt of fate : Benjamin Franklin and his electric kite hoax Tom Tucker
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks QC 16 .F58 T83 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Tom, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Knowledge--Physics.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Electricity--Experiments--History.
- Electricity.
- Lightning--Experiments--History.
- Lightning.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Science.
- United States.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 297 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2003.
- Summary:
- Argues that Franklin's kite experiment never took place and that it was a scientific hoax that grew to legendary proportions and may have affected the outcome of the American Revolution.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Hand
- Part 2 The Virtuoso
- Part 3 Citizen of the World
- Part 4 Household God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1891620703
- 9781891620706
- 1586482947 (pbk.)
- 9781586482947 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 51763922
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