Bolt of fate : Benjamin Franklin and his electric kite hoax

Bolt of fate Benjamin Franklin and his electric kite hoax

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.

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1. Verfasser: Tucker, Tom (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York PublicAffairs 2003
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schlagworte:
Franklin, Benjamin <1706-1790> > Knowledge > Franklin, Benjamin > Bliksem > Experimenten > Vliegers > Geschichte > Naturwissenschaft > Wissen > Electricity > Experiments > Lightning > Physicists > Statesmen > Elektrizitätslehre > USA > United States > History > Biografie
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index
Beschreibung:XX, 297 S.
Ill.
ISBN:1891620703
1-891620-70-3