Benjamin Franklin / by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
Material type: TextSeries: Krull, Kathleen. Giants of science ; Description: 121 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780670012879 (hardcover)
- 0670012874 (hardcover)
- 509.2 23
- Q143.F8 K78 2013
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Books (30-Day Checkout) | Nash Library Nash 301 Children's Books Section | J NF 509.2 KRU | Available | 33710001218572 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113) 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.
"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."--
Shows Ben Franklin the "natural philosopher" (the term for scientists back in the 1700s), whose experiments led to important discoveries about the nature of electricity -- including his famous demonstration that electricity and lightning were one and the same.
10 plus.
Grades 4 to 6.