Michael Faraday Biography

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Michael Faraday Biography


STRUCTURE

1. Whats he famous for.

2. Early life.

3. Education.

4. Inventions and achievements.

5.Later life and personality.

MICHAEL FARADAY- Work, Finish, Publish.

Michael Faraday, well-known scientist, was one of the most influential scientists of the 19th century and withoutexaggerating, the greatest experimenter scientist of all time. Through his skills, concentration and his oratory abilities developed in Chemistry and Physics the building blocks of many of today'spopular technologies. His work on electromagnetic field theory did the greatest change in our conception of the reality since Newton.

Faraday was born in a small town called Newington Butts, Scotlandon 22nd September 1791. Despite being a devout christian of a small sect in Scotland, the Sandemanians, he rarely talked about religion during his public lectures, but the religion really didinfluence the way in which he interpreted and analyzed nature.

Moreover, the most memorable fact of Faraday's life is that he had only received a basic formal education because his family was notwell off. When he was 14, while he was working with a bookbinder for seven years, he educated himself by reading books of many scientific subjects. He had only a minimal understanding of maths, but he wasstill able to express some scientific concepts in a clear way to understand.

Faraday most popular invention was the electric motor, besides, he discovered the laws of electrolysis, coined terms such aselectrode, cathode, anode and ion and invented electromagnetic rotary devices. He also worked in chemistry, discovering chemical substances such as benzene, inventing the system of oxidizationnumbers, and liquefying gases. For the science world, he is also remembered for popularizing science. He had a schedule of lectures on Friday evenings and these lectures popularized many advances made by...
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