Michael Faraday and The Royal Institution: The Genius of Man and Place (PBK)Taylor & Francis, 1991 M01 1 - 246 pages 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 |
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