Category - Non Fiction / Science

Format - Paperback

Condition - Good

Listed - 8 months ago

Ships From - New York

Est. Publication Date - Jun 2004

Ben Franklin Stilled the Waves: An Informal History of Pouring Oil on Water with Reflections on the Ups and Downs of Scientific Life in General

Publisher Description

When Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, he was observing what Pliny the Elder ...