One of the preeminent natural philosophers of the Enlightenment,
Benjamin Thompson started out as a farm boy with a practical turn
of mind. His inventions and scientific explorations include the
Rumford fireplace, insulated clothing, the thermos, convection
ovens, double boilers, double-paned glass and an improved sloop.
Successful in world affairs, he was knighted by King George III and
became a Count of the Holy Roman Emperor. Thompson was popular with
women - so much so that his personal life eclipsed his
achievements. While British spy in the colonies, he had an affair
with the wife of Boston printer Isaiah Thompson. In London, he had
a fling with the wife of a doctor who would be in the first man to
balloon across the English Channel. He fathered a child by the
court mistress of the Prince Elector and had affairs with several
other German noblewomen. He wrote that his first marriage, to a New
England minister's daughter, made his career, and called his second
wife, the widow of the French chemist Lavoisier, a ""female
dragon."" Drawing on Thompson's correspondence and diaries, this
book examines his friendships and romantic relationships.
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