Franklin's Curiosity Unpacked with Richard Munson
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Episode: Franklin's Curiosity Unpacked with Richard Munson
Pub date: 2025-11-26
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Alan Lowe talks with Richard Munson about his book Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist. Munson's book aims to highlight Franklin's often overlooked scientific achievements. He describes Franklin's rise from a penniless runaway to a successful printer whose curiosity fueled his scientific breakthroughs. Franklin's experiments helped define core electrical concepts and led to inventions…
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