An edition of A professor, a president, and a meteor (2011)
A professor, a president, and a meteor
the birth of American science
By Cathryn J. Prince
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Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Language
eng
Pages
254
Description:
Describes how Professor Benjamin Silliman, beginning with his investigation of a meteorite that fell over Weston, Connecticut in the winter of 1807, inspired a generation of American scientists.