Jan 2nd, 2009 · How are the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church and ecosystem science linked? Author Steven Johnson tells the story of scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley, a protégé of Benjamin Franklin and friend of Thomas Jefferson, in The Invention of Air.
Jul 4th, 2006 · Benjamin Franklin, who has been has been called the most multi-talented figure in American history, spent some 16 years of his life in London. His life and accomplishments there are on display in the newly restored house where he lived.
Apr 23rd, 2006 · Ekaterina Dashkova so dazzled Benjamin Franklin that he nominated her as the first female member of the American Philosophical Society. Now artifacts from Dashkova's life are on display in an exhibit at the society's Philadelphia headquarters.
Apr 3rd, 2006 · Bifocal glasses haven't changed much since the days of Benjamin Franklin. The wearer must change their sight angle to switch from one lens to another. But now a researcher has developed a way for liquid crystal material to instantly switch from seeing near to far across the eyeglasses' entire field of view.
Jan 13th, 2006 · Next Tuesday marks the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin, printer, postmaster, diplomat, statesman and inventor. Guests: HW Brands, author, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Dickson, Allen, Anderson centennial professor, Department of History, University of Texas Page Talbott, associate director and chief curator of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary editor and an author of Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
Apr 3rd, 2005 · Benjamin Franklin first called for the government to tinker with clock hours in the 1780s. But it wasn't until World War I that the U.S. adopted daylight-saving time as a way to squeeze more out of the day. David Prerau explores the curious history of DST.