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Michael Faraday
1791–1867
From a London bookbinder’s apprentice, he became one of the great experimental scientists of the 19th century. His work on electricity, magnetism, and chemistry helped lay the groundwork for the modern technological world.
4 Audiobooks
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
by Michael Faraday
Naturgeschichte einer Kerze : Sechs Vorlesungen für die Jugend; Mit einem Lebensabriß Faraday's
by Michael Faraday
On the various forces of nature and their relations to each other
by Michael Faraday
The Chemical History of a Candle
by Michael Faraday
About the author
Born in 1791, Michael Faraday had little formal schooling and began working as an apprentice to a bookbinder in London. Reading the books that passed through the shop sparked his interest in science, and that curiosity eventually led him to the Royal Institution, where he worked with Humphry Davy and built a remarkable career through hands-on experiment and persistence.
Faraday became famous for discoveries that changed science: he showed how magnetism could produce electricity, developed early electric motor and generator principles, and made major contributions to electrochemistry. He was also a gifted public communicator, especially through his lectures at the Royal Institution, where he explained difficult ideas in clear, lively ways.
He spent most of his working life at the Royal Institution and later served as Fullerian Professor of Chemistry. Faraday died in 1867, but his influence is still everywhere, from the science of electromagnetism to the way public science is taught and shared.