Science and the Founding Fathers: Science in the Political Thought of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, and Madison

by I. Bernard Cohen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039331510X
• ISBN13: 9780393315103
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"