How Ben Franklin Stole The Lightning
Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.
920
year: 2003
copies: 69
call number/section: 920
lexile: 910
subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], physicists [X], electricity [X], lightning, scientists, scientists - ben franklin, electricity - experiments
Stealing God's Thunder
A biography of Benjamin Franklin detailing his scientific accomplishments and the role he played in shaping American government and democracy.
921
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: 921
lexile:
Bolt Of Fate
Examines the truth and myth surrounding Benjamin Franklin's kite-flying experiment in electrical science.
530.09
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: 530.09
lexile:
subjects: franklin, benjamin [X], statesmen, physicists [X], lightning, electricity [X], united states