Abraham Lincoln had a lifelong fascination with science and
technology, a fascination that would help institutionalize science,
win the Civil War, and propel the nation into the modern age.
Readers will learn through Lincoln: The Fire of Genius how science
and technology gradually infiltrated Lincoln's remarkable life and
influenced his growing desire to improve the condition of all men.
The book traces this progression from a simple farm boy to a
president who changed the world. Counter to conventional wisdom,
subsistence farming provides a considerable education in agronomic
science, forest ecology, hydrology, and even a little civil
engineering. Continuing through a lifetime of self-study,
curiosity, and hard work, Lincoln became the only President with a
patent, advocated for technological advancement as a legislator in
Illinois and in Washington, and became the "go-to" western lawyer
on technology, and patent cases during his legal career. During the
Civil War, Lincoln drew upon his commitment to science and
personally encouraged inventors while taking dramatic steps to
institutionalize science via the Smithsonian Institution, create
the National Academy of Sciences, and initiate the Department of
Agriculture. Lincoln's insistence on high-tech weaponry, balloon
surveillance, strategic use of telegraphy, and railroad deployment
positioned the North to achieve Union victory.
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