Article ID: CBB210260075

Michael Faraday: A virtuous life dedicated to science (2018)

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We review the main aspects of the life of Michael Faraday and some of his main scientific discoveries. Although these aspects are well known and covered in many extensive treatises, we try to illustrate in a concise way the two main “wonders” of Faraday’s life: that the son of a poor blacksmith in the Victorian age was able to become the director the Royal Institution and member of the Royal Society, still keeping a honest and “virtuous” moral conduct, and that Faraday’s approach to many topics, but mainly to electrochemistry and electrodynamics, has paved the way to the modern (atomistic and field-based) view of physics, only relying on experiments and intuition. We included many excerpts from Faraday’s letters and laboratory notes in order to let the readers have a direct contact with this scientist.

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Authors & Contributors
Wang, Luoyin
Hu, Hua-kai
Johannes Lyklema
Löffler, Gerd Reinhold
Pushcharovsky, Dmitry
John Lekner
Concepts
Physics
Electromagnetism
Chemistry
Electricity; magnetism
Electrochemistry
Biographical studies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
21st century
Places
United Kingdom
England
United States
Russia
France
China
Institutions
University of Pennsylvania
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