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Benjamin Franklin, Science Founding Father
by NASA NASA Earth Observatory
While popularly known for his role as one of the United States' founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was also a renowned scientist who made a number of substantial contributions in the field of Earth science.
Affectionately known as Dr. Franklin (even though he never received his Ph.D.), he published numerous scientific papers--mostly on electricity.
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Franklin became a scientist because he was insatiably curious about the world around him. He wanted to know how things worked and figure out ways to make them better. In 1743, Franklin compared weather observations in letters he received from friends in other colonies.
He was one of the first to observe that North American storms tend to move from west to east, and predicted that a storm's course could be plotted. He even made some of the first-recorded weather forecasts in his Poor Richard's Almanac, a 25-year publication that Franklin first published in 1732 u