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Lincoln : the fire of genius : how Abraham Lincoln's commitment to science and technology helped modernize America / David J. Kent ; foreword by Sidney Blumenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kent, David J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--United States--History--19th century.
- Science.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Patent lawyers--Illinois--Biography.
- Patent lawyers.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Illinois.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 322 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Abraham Lincoln's lifelong fascination with science and technology helped institutionalize science, win the Civil War, and propel the nation into the modern age"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Science of Frontier Life
- ch. 1 Farming Science
- ch. 2 Educating Lincoln: From Readin'to Euclid
- pt. II Expanding Interests in Science and Technology
- ch. 3 Life on the Waters
- ch. 4 The Technical Trades
- ch. 5 Calculating Niagara and the Only President with a Patent
- pt. III Legislative Science
- ch. 6 Internal Improvements and the Whig Way
- ch. 7 The Science of Slavery
- pt. IV Becoming a Science and Technology Lawyer
- ch. 8 The Patent and Technology Cases
- ch. 9 Working For, and Against, the Railroads
- ch. 10 The Science Lectures
- pt. V Modernizing America
- ch. 11 Institutionalizing Science
- ch. 12 The Technology of War
- ch. 13 The Science of War
- ch. 14 Assassination Science.
- Notes:
- "How Abraham Lincoln's commitment to science and technology helped modernize America."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kent, David J., 1958- Lincoln.
- ISBN:
- 9781493063833
- 1493063839
- OCLC:
- 1291873693
- Publisher Number:
- 99991554615
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