ABSTRACT

A self-educated man who knew no mathematics, Michael Faraday rose from errand boy to become one of Britain's greatest scientists. Faraday made the discoveries upon which most of twentieth-century technology is based and readers of this book will enjoy finding out in how many ways we are indebted to him. The story of his life speaks to us across the

chapter 1|3 pages

Setting the Scene

chapter 2|11 pages

Rumford, Davy and The Royal Institution

chapter 3|7 pages

From Errand Boy to the Grand Tour

chapter 4|73 pages

Faraday's Scientific Contributions

chapter 5|21 pages

Faraday's Writings

chapter 6|18 pages

Faraday the Man

chapter 8|19 pages

The Popularization of Science