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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Buisman, Jan Wim, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin : Facts and Fictions in Science, Religion, and Art / Jan Wim Buisman. Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (384 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024) Lightning rods. Lightning. Cultural Studies. History of Science and Medicine. History. Leiden University Press. Philosophy. Religion and Theology. Science and Technology. Science, Medicine, and Technology. HISTORY / North America. bisacsh Benjamin Franklin, Enlightenment, thunder, nature, religion, Providence, Romanticism. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783111023748 https://doi.org/10.1515/9789400604339 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789400604339 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789400604339/original |
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