Benjamin Franklin, writes journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson, was that rare Founding Father who would sooner wink at a passer-by than sit still for a formal portrait. What’s more, Isaacson relates in this fluent and entertaining biography, the revolutionary leader represents a political tra...
本杰明·富兰克林（Dr. Benjamin Franklin，1706年1月17日-1790年4月17日）美国著名的政治家与科学家。他同时亦是出版商、印刷商、记者、作家、慈善家；更是杰出的外交家及发明家。他是美国革命时重要的领导人之一，参与了多项重要文件的草拟，并曾出任美国驻法国大使，成功取得法国支持美国独立。他在法...
Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林 Franklin's parents were both pious Puritans. The family attended the old South Chu
Around 1744, Franklin invented the Franklin stove, which provided more heat while using less fuel. A few years later, he began experimenting with electricity. In 1752, he invented a lightning rod, which keeps lightning from striking buildings and other structures. His scientific ideas and invention...
(latertheSaturdayEveningPost)grewquicklytobethegreatestofanypublicationinAmericaatthattime.ClicktoeditMastertextstylesLOGO.themegalleryPublicachivementsFranklininvolvedhimselfincommunityprojects.Hefound,forexample,theJunto,aclubforinformaldiscussionofspecific,economicandpoliticalideas.Alsoresponsibleforanumberofpractical...
Franklin involved himself in community projects. He found ,for example , the Junto ,a club for informal discussion of specific ,economic and political ideas . Also responsible for a number of practical civic improvements . Active for 30 years and developed into the American Philosophical society. ...
Benjamin Franklin is a symbol of freedom for the United States. He was a political leader, writer, and inventor of some of the most common items in our life. Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States and signed the Declaration of Independence. His publications were instru...
” Franklin taught his friends to push their ideas through suggestions and questions, and to use (or at least feign) naïve curiosity to avoid contradicting people in a manner that could give offense. “All expressions of positiveness in opinion or of direct contradiction,” he recalled, “...
I.Introduction to author(作者简介)Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790)was a rare genius in human history.He became everything:a printer,postmaster,almanac maker,essayist,scientist,inventor,orator,statesman,philosopher,political economist,ambassador,—"Jack of all trades." ...
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 Ð April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a ...