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This biographical study describes Faraday's life and work, and looks at how his everyday scientific practice was informed by his abilities as an experimentalist, his religious beliefs, and the rapidly changing world of 19th-century Europe. It also illustrates some aspects of...
This short biography aims to show, in non-technical language, how one major scientist lived and worked. It marks the bicentenary of Faraday's birth.
This biographical study describes Faraday's life and work, and looks at how his everyday scientific practice was informed by his abilities as an experimentalist, his religious beliefs, and the rapidly changing world of 19th-century Europe. It also illustrates some aspects of...