A fictionalized account of the British scientist's life contrasts his lack of formal education with his creation of such important inventions as the electric motor, the transformer, and the generator
A biography of the nineteenth-century English scientist whose religious beliefs guided his exploration of electricity and magnetism.
The Life and Letters of Faraday By Dr. Bence Jones [Volume 1]
In this Very Short Introduction, Frank A.J.L James looks at Faraday's life and works, examining the institutional context in which he lived and worked, his scientific research, and his continuing legacy in science today.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the world's greatest experimental philosophers and popularizers of science. These six extraordinary lectures on gravitation, cohesion, chemical affinity, heat, magnetism, and electricity were intended...
The next point was to determine the place and source of motion, i.e. whether the table moved the hand, or the hand moved the table, and for this purpose indicators were constructed. One of these consisted of a light lever, ...
Tells the story of Michael Faraday, who was a poor, uneducated bookbinder's apprentice who overcame adversity and class prejudice in nineteenth-century England to emerge as the greatest experimental scientist of his day.
... Esq i Royal institution i Albemarle Street Letter 363 Faraday to John Frederick William Herschel 24 June 1828 From the original in RS MS HS 7.177 Royal institution f July [sic] 24, ... Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840, DNB).
He was not as popular as Einstein but he made great contributions to science nonetheless. He focused on the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. This book will focus on Faraday and the life he lived as a citizen and a scientist.
For Faraday and Davy's troubled relationship, see David Knight, 'Davy and Faraday: Fathers and Sons', in David Gooding and Frank James (eds), Faraday Rediscovered: Essays on the Life and Work of Michael Faraday, 1791–1867 (London: ...
Michael Faraday FRS ( September 22, 1791 - August 25, 1867 ) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.