Jefferson's shadow : the story of his science / Keith Thomson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-303) and index.

Lost: one large moose -- The man who could not live without books -- Schooling, formal and informal -- A measured and orderly world -- Science and the mastodon -- The natural history of Virginia and America -- Mountains and shells -- On fossils and extinction -- Europe and the peoples of America -- Natural history, slavery, and race -- The color of their skin -- The Paris years -- The practical scientist -- Climate and geography -- Redeeming the wilderness -- The unknown west -- "His theories I cannot admire" -- Philosophers unwelcome -- Transcendental truths -- Epilogue: measuring the shadow -- Appendix: Jefferson's letter on climate to Jean Baptiste Le Roy.

The Founding Fathers being aware of the significance of their lives and usually painstakingly wrote down their thoughts and actions, sometimes through letters and at other times just journalizing what was going on at the time so that following generations would have a better understanding of them and history. As much as possibe the actual writing with sometimes peculiar spelling to us but unique to the author. This work reveals the knowledge and learning of Thomas Jefferson in regards to the science at that time.