Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric ... He strikes a note of caution, though. Don’t expect an instant windfall or sudden acclaim ...

Benjamin Franklin and his future wife, Deborah Read first saw each other in 1723 on his arrival in Philadelphia, when they were only teenagers. By then, the Read family was well established in the ...

Editor’s Note: A.J. Jacobs is a journalist and author ... We should return to some of the fluidity that marked our birth.

Try the frisky founding father born in 1706, Ben Franklin. Most of us learned about Franklin the ... it’s time to go a little further and allow our jaws to drop. The Benjamin behind the Benjamins — ...

Benjamin Franklin was there, part of the discussions ... and would keep track and note when he fell short. He was willing to see himself as flawed, but through a lens of how he might be better.

In 1998 the program was reorganized under the umbrella of the Benjamin Franklin Medals. Fields recognized today include chemistry, civil and mechanical engineering, computer and cognitive science, ...