Article ID: CBB000850475

The Janus Face of Modernity: Michael Faraday in the Twentieth Century (2008)

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September 1931 is seen by historians as one of the key months in interwar British history. It was the first full month of the National Government, the month of the Invergordon Mutiny and of Britain being forced off the gold standard. It was also the month when large-scale celebrations were held to mark the centenary of the discovery of electromagnetic induction by Michael Faraday. This address discusses the specific events of celebrating Faraday and its consequences; it is framed in relation to, and in some instances directly linked with, the crises of that month and some of the consequences of the Great War, especially the growth of the corporate and coordinated state and the rise of modernity.

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Description On the events in September of 1931 of the month-long celebration of the centenary of the discovery of electromagnetic induction by Michael Faraday in Britain.


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Authors & Contributors
Wilson, Jennifer
Weinert, Friedel
Weinberg, Steven
Wang, Luoyin
Turing, Sara
Tann, Jennifer
Concepts
Physics
Memorials; commemorations
Science and society
Discovery in science
Mathematics
Biographies
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
17th century
21st century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Germany
Europe
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Royal Society of London
Cavendish Laboratory
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