A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront

A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront ‘Ingenious’ shows how science inspired and enabled the founding father’s political work ... Read More

New Biography of Benjamin Franklin at Press; ‘Natural History’ to Broaden Its Focus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

AN ELECTRIFYING DISCOVERY: Benjamin Franklin was no stranger to the eminent historian Edmund S. Morgan when Mr. Morgan set out to read the statesman and inventor’s complete papers several years ago. Read More

Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist by Richard Munson - Publishers Weekly

Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist Richard Munson. Norton, $29.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-88223-0 ... Read More

Benjamin Franklin the Scientist | Scientific American

In this Fourth of July episode, historian Joyce Chaplin discusses Benjamin Franklin the scientist, and how his science paved the way for his future career as a diplomat and elder statesman of the ... Read More

Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures in paper money - New Scientist

US founding father Benjamin Franklin developed paper money innovations long before historians previously thought such methods were in use – and they may have even had use as anti-counterfeiting ... Read More

Early Universe, Benjamin Franklin Science, Evolution Education. - Scientific American

Harvard University historian, Joyce Chaplin, has written a new Franklin biography that concentrates on his science. To find out more I called Chaplin at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Steve ... Read More

New Ben Franklin Biography - CBS News

Morgan's publisher, Yale University Press, has given "Benjamin Franklin" a first printing of 35,000. "This is 30 times the printing we do for most books," says John Ryden, director of the Yale press. Read More

Biography: Benjamin Franklin | American Experience | PBS

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ... Read More

Biographer explains why we re fascinated by Ben Franklin

Isaacson, who wrote the critically acclaimed biography Benjamin Franklin: An American Life in 2003, has, among other things, been the managing editor of Time magazine, the chairman and CEO of CNN ... Read More