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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.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam
Leiden University Press
2023
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Introduction: Lightning after Franklin 1. A New Invention 2. The Introduction of the Lightning Rod in the Netherlands 3. Eighteenth-Century Physical Theories on Thunderstorms 4. Official Religion 5. Marginal and Marginalised Religious Reactions 6. Intermezzo: Electrical Nature? The Animated Nature of Theosophy 7. Thunderstorms and Electricity in Poetry, Music, and Painting 8. By Way of Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Illustration credits, Index of Names "Amsterdam University Press" |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource: illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789400604339 |