Benjamin Thompson was something of a soldier-of-fortune: he was a spy for the British during the Revolutionary War; he used his position of influence in the government to take bribes and he worked for several countries to advance the science of...

The American-born British physicist Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), is best known for his attacks on the caloric theory of heat. Benjamin Thompson was born on March 26, 1753, in Woburn, Mass. He received only 2 years of formal education...

Benjamin Thompson was something of a soldier-of-fortune: he was a spy for the British during the Revolutionary War; he used his position of influence in the government to take bribes; and he worked for several countries to advance the science of...

Figure 3. Schematic of a refrigerator. Benjamin Thompson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1753, acquired a deep interest in books and scientific instruments as a youth, and matured into a person of great charm and intellect. In 1772 he...

1753-1814 British Physicist, Inventor, and Diplomat As a scientist, Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumford, is best remembered for his discoveries that provided the foundation for modern theories of heat and for a number of practical inventions...

Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (in German: Reichsgraf von Rumford) (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814) was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in...

On Saturday nights in summer, hundreds of fingers pound out mesmerizing rhythms on African drums _ a ritual repeated for decades in Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park.This year, the drums have a counterpoint: the complaints of "new Harlemites.""African drumming is wonderful for the first four hours,...