Lightning in the age of Benjamin Franklin: facts and fictions in science, religion, and art

From time immemorial, thunder and lightning were seen as a wrathful Deity's instruments of punishment. But then, in 1752, came Benjamin Franklin's paradigm-shifting invention of the lightning rod, and the way we view God and nature was changed forever

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1. Verfasser: Buisman, Jan Willem 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Preedy, Lee (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Dutch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Leiden University Press [2023]
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Zusammenfassung:From time immemorial, thunder and lightning were seen as a wrathful Deity's instruments of punishment. But then, in 1752, came Benjamin Franklin's paradigm-shifting invention of the lightning rod, and the way we view God and nature was changed forever
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 291-317. - Index
Beschreibung:327 Seiten Ilustrationen, Karte 25 cm
ISBN:9789087283872

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