UA prof to talk on Ben Franklin and electricity

Krider, a professor at The University of Arizona Institute of Atmospheric Physics, and fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, will deliver a talk titled "Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment" at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Enoteca Pizzeria Wine Bar, 58 W. Congress St, a press release from the UA said.

Krider is recognized for his research on lightning and thunderstorm electricity. He headed the group that developed the first gated, wideband magnetic direction-finders that are now the basis of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network, the release said.

The science café, presented by Flandrau: The UA Science Center, is an ongoing program that provides a casual forum for discussion between UA scientist and the public. The talks are held the first Monday of each month.

There is no program scheduled for December, but it returns January 7 with Peter L. Kresan, a retired senior lecturer in Geosciences at the UA who will answer the question “Why Are There Mountains?”