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Author:

Shachtman, Tom, 1942-

Title:

Gentlemen scientists and revolutionaries : the founding fathers in the age of enlightenment / Tom Shachtman.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xvii, 254 p. ; 5 cm.

Subject:

Science and state--United States--History--18th century.
Science and state--United States--History--19th century.
Technology and state--United States--History--18th century.
Technology and state--United States--History--19th century.
United States--History--18th century.
United States--History--19th century.
United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
United States--Intellectual life--19th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Childhoods of the founding fathers -- Variola in Boston, 1721-22 -- Godfathers of American science -- The bolt from the blue -- Tracking the heavens from the colonies -- "Expressions of the American mind" -- "This most dangerous enemy" -- Seeking a technological edge -- Science resurfaces -- Mid-course corrections -- Patents, innovations, and first steps -- The science-minded presidency -- Epilogue : the interweaving.

ISBN:

1137278250 (alk. paper)
9781137278258 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)869437526

LCCN:

2014002006

Locations:

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Ankeny Campus Library-Des Moines Area Community College (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College, Wilder Library (Calmar)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Drake University) (Des Moines)     ** Lending Suspended