books.google.com - Benjamin Franklin is well known to most of us, yet his fundamental and wide--ranging contributions to science are still not adequately understood. Until now he has usually been incorrectly regarded as a practical inventor and tinkerer rather than a scientific thinker. He was elected to membership in...http://books.google.com/books/about/Benjamin_Franklin_s_science.html?id=pKz2RvwGb38C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBenjamin Franklin's science