Benjamin Franklin: Man of Science
Author:
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator:
Henry S. Gillette
Publication:
1961 by Franklin Watts, Inc
Genre:
Biography, Non-fiction, Science
Series:
Immortals of Science 
Members Only (U.S. History)
Pages:
145
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Simply and clearly for young readers, Irmengarde Eberle has written the story of Benjamin Franklin's life, from the humble days of his Boston boyhood until he died as an elderly man, known and honored around the world.
She has drawn a picture of a man of humor, humanity, and many accomplishments. Here the reader sees Franklin as writer, printer, newspaper editor, businessman, public-spirited citizen, family man, leader in the American fight for freedom, ambassador from the New World to the Old; but most of all Benjamin Franklin emerges as an inventor and a scientist—a person with an original and questing mind, interested in electricity, oceanography, meteorology, and medicine; a man who unceasingly sought the "whys" in the natural world around him, and from whose pioneering scientific findings other early scientists drew inspiration.
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Irmengarde Eberle
1898 - 1979American
IRMENGARDE EBERLE is a New Yorker from Texas. Reared in the Southwest, she went to New York after her graduation from college, and has spent most of... See more
Henry S. Gillette
1915 - 2003American
Henry Gillette is well known both for his book and magazine illustrations and for his fine paintings which have been widely exhibited and have won s... See more
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Benjamin Franklin: Man of Science
Following a chronological sequence, the author dramatizes scenes from the life of Benjamin Franklin, thus brightening fact...
Immortals of Science Series
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
These books are of varying lengths based on how much is known about the lives of the subject. Whatever the length, I sped through each one as though it were a suspense novel. How will this one manage to carry on his work in the midst of civil war? How can that one earn the respect of the scientific community so his work can be published for the world? What will be the exciting sequence of events that will lead to the ultimate breakthrough? Will he live long enough to find the answer he has searched for all his life?
The science in these books is written in language any curious reader will be able to understand. The authors don’t condescend, but the writing is not above a confident reader, perhaps ten and above. They would also be interesting enough for reading aloud so they can be shared with the entire family, whatever their ages.
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