Benjamin Silliman and His Circle: Studies on the Influence of Benjamin Silliman on Science in America History of Technology and eccentricities of this unique

and eccentricities of this unique scientific community

History of Psychology

and in the halls of Congress

It was not only because Galileo was a gifted and persistent observer

The volume illuminates the challenges Henry faced in implementing his program without national precedents

Benjamin Silliman and His Circle: Studies on the Influence of Benjamin Silliman on Science in America History of Technology and eccentricities of this uniqueWilson, Leonard G., ed. Benjamin Silliman played a unique role in American science before the Civil War. In his various roles as a professor at Yale, as editor of the American Journal of Science, and as a public lecturer in every major city, he taught science to the whole nation. He established science as a regular part of college education and helped to found graduate education to train professional scientists for the new nation. Primarily a teacher,