In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that discharges from thunderstorms are electric in nature (SN: ...

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The Bibi Files” started with a sudden leak that turned into a deluge. A source contacted documentarian Alex Gibney out of the ...

Moderated by Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour. Franklin and Revolution features Ken Burns; Walter Isaacson, author of "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life;" and Erica Dunbar, Professor of History ...

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790), an inventor, printer, and Founding Father of the United States. Franklin flies a kite in a storm and discovers ...

What Is the 1951 Franklin Half Dollar Made Of? The 1951 Franklin half-dollar is made of 90% silver and 10% copper. Specifically, it contains 0.36169 troy oz of silver. It weighs 12.50 grams, has a ...

(Sample: “A leader has a vision.”) In part because Benjamin Franklin had such a multifarious career—printer, writer, humorist, postmaster, inventor, scientist, polemicist, diplomat—he is ...

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius by Joyce Chaplin Stealing God’s Thunder ...

In a world where mis- and dis-function and information are rampant, Christmas ties us to a peaceful “Silent night” past while ...