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Columnist David Murdock looks at Benjamin Franklin, whose wit and wisdom have long fascinated him.
Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination.
A new study merges physics with archival documents to figure out how the Founding Father’s printing network made distinct paper currency.
'Franklin' director Tim Van Patten, writers Kirk Ellis, Howard Korder on why Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father they would like to hang out with.
Summary Overview: Described as "a harmonious human multitude," Ben Franklin's life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man.
Your fave illustration of Franklin’s kite experiment is likely riddled with errors Most date from 19th century and were heavily influenced by Joseph Priestley's 1767 account.
Franklin’s legendary charm was indeed good for something, and it still is here. But even those attributes, and Douglas’ interpretation of them, don’t quite prove inventive enough to ...
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A new biography of Franklin, titled Ingenious, dispels some of the misunderstandings about that experiment and about Franklin’s science more broadly.
Dean sits down with Michael Douglass as he talks about his role as Benjamin Franklin in the new AppleTV+ series, ‘Franklin’ on AppleTV+ now.
Volume 2: Printer And Publisher 1730-1747: -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Part 1: New Life, Age 24 to 30 (1730-1736): -- Personal and business life -- Art of virtue -- Freemason -- Library ...