Science and the Founding Fathers

Science and the Founding Fathers
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 039331510X
ISBN-13 : 9780393315103
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Book Synopsis Science and the Founding Fathers by : I. Bernard Cohen

Download or read book Science and the Founding Fathers written by I. Bernard Cohen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson was the only president who could read and understand Newton's Principia. Benjamin Franklin is credited with establishing the science of electricity. John Adams had the finest education in science that the new country could provide, including "Pnewmaticks, Hydrostaticks, Mechanicks, Staticks, Opticks." James Madison, chief architect of the Constitution, peppered his Federalist Papers with references to physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. For these men science was an integral part of life--including political life. This is the story of their scientific education and of how they employed that knowledge in shaping the political issues of the day, incorporating scientific reasoning into the Constitution.


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