The Life and Letters of Faraday, Volume 1 (400p) [Inua].pdf

Title: The Life and Letters of Faraday Volume 1
Authors: Bence Jones and Michael Faraday
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
Paperback: 404 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 Revised edition (June 24, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1108014593
ISBN-13: 978-1108014595

Description:
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) made foundational contributions in the fields of physics and chemistry, notably in relation to electricity. One of the greatest scientists of his day, Faraday held the position of Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution of Great Britain for over thirty years. Not long after his death, his friend Henry Bence Jones attempted 'to join together his words, and to form them into a picture of his life which may be almost looked upon as an autobiography'. Jones' compilation of Faraday's manuscripts, letters, notebooks, and other writings resulted in this Life and Letters (1870) which remains an important resource for learning more about one of the most influential scientific experimentalists of the nineteenth century. Volume 1 (1791-1830) covers Faraday's earliest years as an errand boy and bookbinder's apprentice, his arrival at the Royal Institution as an assistant and his early publications on electricity.