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The
Wistar Institute’s 2006 Authors Series
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Monday,
April 24, 2006
7 p.m.
Joyce E. Chaplin
Discusses Her New Book
The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius
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• Free and open to the public
• Registration required: call 215-898-3943,
or email wyce@wistar.org
• Book signing to follow
• Books provided for sale by Joseph
Fox Bookshop |
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Statesman, diplomat, founding father—Benjamin
Franklin was all of these things, but he was a man of science
first. In The First Scientific American, historian
Joyce E. Chaplin examines Franklin’s scientific achievements
and explores how science became central to public culture
during the years leading up to the American Revolution. Come
learn about another fascinating side of Franklin’s life
during the tercentennial celebration of his birth.
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About
the Author:
Joyce E. Chaplin is professor of history
at Harvard University. Her research and teaching interests
include the history of early America, especially the history
of science, race, and cultural encounter. She is author of
two previous books on topics in the history of science and
technology and is at work on a new book about science in the
eighteenth-century British colonies.
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