What Ben Franklin knew about climate change — in 1740
The winter of 1740-1741 was miserable. Boston Harbor froze over. So did the Venice Lagoon. Crops died and famine reigned. Up ...
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Benjamin Franklin set out to conquer climate in the colonial era
An Unintended American Revolution,” Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin reveals how this relatively modest invention ...
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About the Film
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words ...
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Was Chevalier d'Éon Transgender? Franklin Episode 3 Character Explained
While the show centers around Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin and Noah Jupe as his grandson William Temple Franklin, part of Franklin's appeal is the cast of characters pulled right out of ...