Benjamin Franklin

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Call Number: J 921 Franklin, Benjamin
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J 921 Franklin, Benjamin	4-week checkout	Due 04-24-2024

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."-- Provided by publisher.
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.

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