
Language
en
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Clare Boothby, Richard Prairie and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team Revised by Richard Tonsing.
Release date
2004-12-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1791–1867
One of the great experimental scientists of the 19th century, he helped uncover the principles behind electricity and magnetism and became famous for explaining science with unusual clarity. Rising from a modest background, he turned curiosity, patience, and careful observation into discoveries that changed the modern world.
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