Benjamin Franklin fled Boston at 17 and found in Philadelphia the freedom, opportunity, and intellectual energy he couldn’t find anywhere ...
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 fly a ...
The lightning rod. Bifocals. Swim fins. Benjamin Franklin is known for pioneering new solutions for common problems. A new analysis of Early American paper money shows he also played a vital role in ...
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“Science, rather than being a sideline, is the through line that integrates [Benjamin] Franklin’s diverse interests,” according to this electrifying portrait of the founding father’s scientific ...