Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
出版時間:2003-07
ISBN:9780743533652
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us -- an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings.
In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours.
The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people." Few of his fellow founders felt this comfort with democracy so fully, and none so intuitively.
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumu...
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us -- an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings.
In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours.
The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people." Few of his fellow founders felt this comfort with democracy so fully, and none so intuitively.
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.
本杰明·富蘭克林(Benjamin Franklin)(1706-1790年)是18世紀美國的實業(yè)家、科學家、社會活動家、思想家和外交家。他是美國歷史上第一位享有國際聲譽的科學家、發(fā)明家和音樂家。
為了對電進行探索曾經做過著名的“風箏實驗”，在電學上成就顯著。為了深入探討電運動的規(guī)律，創(chuàng)造的許多專用名詞如正電、負電、導電體、電池、充電、放電等成為世界通用的詞匯。他借用了數學上正負的概念，第一個科學地用正電、負電概念表示電荷性質。并提出了電荷不能創(chuàng)生、也不能消滅的思想，后人在此基礎上發(fā)現了電荷守恒定律。他最先提出了避雷針的設想，由此而制造的避雷針，避免了雷擊災難，破除了迷信。他是一位優(yōu)秀的政治家。是美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭的老戰(zhàn)士。他參加起草了《獨立宣言》和美國憲法。積極主張廢除奴隸制度，深受美國人民的崇敬，在世界上也享有較高的聲譽。
本杰明?富蘭克林是向我們眨眼的美國國父——在社會階梯上一路攀升，從穿著皮革圍裙的店主到與國王共進晚餐。
為什么富蘭克林從歷史的舞臺上轉向我們，他創(chuàng)造并不斷重新創(chuàng)造的最有趣的東西就是他自己，作為美國第一個偉大的公關家，他有意識地試圖創(chuàng)造一個新的美國原型。在這個過程中，他精心塑造了自己的形象，在公眾面前描繪出來，并為子孫后代潤色。他的指導原則是“不喜歡任何會貶低普通人精神的東西”。他的開國元勛同伴中，很少有人能如此充分地感受到這種對民主的舒適感，也沒有人能如此直觀地感受到。
沃爾特·艾薩克森是《愛因斯坦和史蒂夫·喬布斯》的暢銷書作者，在這本權威而引人入勝的全面?zhèn)饔浿?，艾薩克森全面描述了富蘭克林令人驚嘆的一生，從他當印刷工的日子，到他成為政治家、科學家和國父的成就。他還展示了富蘭克林如何幫助創(chuàng)造了美國人的性格，以及為什么他在21世紀有特別的共鳴。華盛頓郵報圖書世界最有可讀性的完整的富蘭克林傳記可用。
《紐約時報》——這本書的通情達理、清晰易懂，恰如其分地反映了富蘭克林狡猾的實用主義....這本書可能是最有力地推動富蘭克林聲譽的新鐘擺擺動的書。
《紐約時報書評》——一部研究徹底、文筆清晰、論證有力的編年史。
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