Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Summer Science: Ben Franklin

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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by artist David Martin (1737-1797) Credit: Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-3576

As you prepare for the 4th of July, a salute to one of the founding fathers of our country - Benjamin Franklin.

Guests

Dudley Herschbach
Winner, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)
Professor, Physics
Texas A&M University
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Philip Dray
Author, "Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America" (Random House, 2005)
Brooklyn, New York

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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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