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Ben Franklin in His Own Words

NOV 01, 2004
Brian Sutcliffe

I think it might be more difficult than is supposed in King Wiemann’s letter (Physics Today, May 2004, page 18 ) and Neal Lane’s article (October 2003, page 41) to decide how a historical figure like Benjamin Franklin might act if present today. One cannot say what the distinguished dead would have said. Even what they have said does not always form a consistent whole, nor is it necessarily all wise or even admirable.

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Brian Sutcliffe, (bsutclif@ulb.ac.be) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium .

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Volume 57, Number 11

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