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Jul. 02, 2010
Summer Science: Ben Franklin
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| As you prepare for the 4th of July, a salute to one of the founding fathers of our country - Benjamin Franklin. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
Guests
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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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Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
by Philip Dray
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
by Walter Isaacson
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
by H.W. Brands
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