Lightning in the age of Benjamin Franklin : facts and fictions in science, religion, and art /

From time immemorial, thunder and lightning were seen as a wrathful Deity's instruments of punishment. But then, in 1752, came Benjamin Franklin's paradigm-shifting invention of the lightning rod, and the way we view God and nature was changed forever.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buisman, Jan Willem (Autor)
Otros Autores: Preedy, Lee (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Leiden University Press, [2023]
Temas:
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790
Lightning.
Lightning rods.
Foudre.
Paratonnerres.
lightning.
lightning rods.
History of Western philosophy.
Religion and science.
History of science.
HISTORY / North America.
SCIENCE / History.
Lightning
Lightning rods
Western philosophy: Enlightenment.
Science, Medicine, and Technology
STEM
Cultural Studies
CULTURAL
History
HIS
History of Science and Medicine
HIS SC & MED
Philosophy
PHIL
Religion and Theology
REL & THEOL
Science and Technology
SC & TECH
Benjamin Franklin, Enlightenment, thunder, nature, religion, Providence, Romanticism
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