Lightning in the age of benjamin franklin: facts and fictions in science, religion, and art
Auteur :
Buisman, Jan Wim
Éditeur :
Leiden University Press
ISBN :
9789087283872
Date de publication :
1 mai 2023
Dimensions :
24,0 x 17,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Nederlands
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.