A Professor, A President, and A Meteor: The Birth of American Science
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A Professor, A President, and A Meteor: The Birth of American Science

Cathryn J. Prince
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Based on original source documents and interviews, Prince tells the story of Benjamin Silliman, arguably America's first scientist, pitting him against no less an adversary than Thomas Jefferson when science on this continent was still in its infancy.
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254 Pages

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