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Lincoln : the fire of genius : how Abraham Lincoln's commitment to science and technology helped modernize America
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Lincoln : the fire of genius : how Abraham Lincoln's commitment to science and technology helped modernize America / David J. Kent ; foreword by Sidney Blumenthal.
ISBN
9781493063833
1493063839
9781493063888
Publication
Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xxi, 322 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
"How Abraham Lincoln's commitment to science and technology helped modernize America."
Summary
"Abraham Lincoln's lifelong fascination with science and technology helped institutionalize science, win the Civil War, and propel the nation into the modern age"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Kent, David J., 1958- Lincoln. Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 18, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Science of Frontier Life
Farming Science
Educating Lincoln: From Readin' to Euclid
Expanding Interests in Science and Technology
Life on the Waters
The Technical Trades
Calculating Niagara and the Only President with a Patent
Legislative Science
Internal Improvements and the Whig Way
The Science of Slavery
Becoming a Science and Technology Lawyer
The Patent and Technology Cases
Working For, and Against, the Railroads
The Science Lectures
Modernizing America
Institutionalizing Science
The Technology of War
The Science of War
Assassination Science.
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