Term
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American printer, publisher, scientist and politician, one of the founders of the United States.
Pushing to the Front, Orison Swett Marden
Explained in
- Pushing to the Front, Orison Swett Marden
- Mental Efficiency, Arnold Bennett
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, publisher and politician, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His “Autobiography” was long considered a model book on the road to success.
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American scientist and politician who in 1784 sat on the French commission that examined Mesmer.
- The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), an American statesman, scientist, and one of the founders of the United States. As a young man, he kept a chart marking his adherence to his chosen virtues.
- The Art of Money Getting, P. T. Barnum
Benjamin Franklin, the 18th century American scientist, statesman and publisher, author of many sayings about thrift.
- Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, Vanessa Van Edwards
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), an American scientist, inventor and statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The Franklin effect is named after his story of the borrowed book.
- The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now, Meg Jay
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American scientist, publisher and statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Talent Is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
Benjamin Franklin, the eighteenth-century American thinker and writer. Colvin uses him as an example of deliberate practice in writing, done entirely on his own.
- The Double Helix, James D. Watson
Rosalind Franklin, the physicist whose X-ray images of DNA were decisive. In his memoir Watson portrays her unfairly; historians have long recognised her contribution.