Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin : : Facts and Fictions in Science, Religion, and Art / / Jan Wim Buisman.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Leiden University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Lightning after Franklin -- Science and Technology -- 1 A New Invention -- 2 The Introduction of the Lightning Rod in the Netherlands -- 3 Eighteenth-Century Physical Theories on Thunderstorms -- Religion -- 4 Official Religion -- 5 Marginal and Marginalised Religious Reactions -- 6 Intermezzo: Electrical Nature? The Animated Nature of Theosophy -- Art -- 7 Thunderstorms and Electricity in Poetry, Music, and Painting -- By Way of Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index of Names |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789400604339 9783111023748 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789400604339 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jan Wim Buisman. |