Frank A. J. L. James (The Royal In Professor of History of Science

Michael Faraday

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Known as the 'father' of electrical engineering, Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank A.J.L James looks at Faraday's life and works, examining the institutional context in which he lived and worked, his scientific research, and his continuing legacy in science today.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 171mm x 114mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 152g
• ISBN-13: 9780199574315
• ISBN-10: 0199574316
• Artikelnr.: 30206372

Autorenporträt

Frank James is Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution. He studied history of science at Imperial College where he received his PhD on the development of spectroscopy in the nineteenth century. His main research is editing the Correspondence of Michael Faraday if which five volumes (out of six) have so far been published.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
1: Beginnings; 2: A career in science; 3: Science and practice; 4: Electricity; 5: Magnetism, matter, and space; 6: Faraday as a celebrity; 7: Faraday in the 20th Century; References; Further Reading