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.
Autor principal: | Buisman, Jan Wim (Autor) |
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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 |
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