Franklin and Newton: An Inquiry Into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example Thereof

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American Philosophical Society, 1956 - Biography & Autobiography - 657 pages

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Chapter One The Study of EighteenthCentury New
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Effects and Influences of Scientific Theories
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Empirical Science in the Age of Newton
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About the author (1956)

Born in Far Rockaway, New York, I. Bernard Cohen earned degrees from Harvard University. He holds the distinction of being the first person in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in the history of science. Later, Cohen established the History of Science Department at Harvard. Cohen has received many fellowships and has won the George Sarton Medal, awarded by the History of Science Society. Cohen is an author and editor, known for his books about Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin.

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TitleFranklin and Newton: An Inquiry Into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example Thereof
Volume 43 of American Philosophical Society: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society
Volume 43 of Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, American Philosophical Society, ISSN 0065-9738
Volume 43 of Memoirs of the American philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful Knowledge
Memoirs, v. 43
AuthorI. Bernard Cohen
PublisherAmerican Philosophical Society, 1956
ISBN0674318005, 9780674318007
Length657 pages
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