Modernity’s Fraternity: What Dan Brown Gets Right
…on-scientists, Ben Franklin among them, were obsessed with fire and electricity—the two sources of light on Earth, which held a mystical significance for them. Franklin’s experiment with the kite in the lightning storm was part of a larger quest to comprehend the mystical power of light. Dan Brown, too, cannot resist the allure of pseudoscience. As in Angels and Demons, The Lost Symbol pairs Langdon with a heroine well-versed in phony science. In…
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