Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1996), pp. 65-74 (10 pages) In 1824 Michael Faraday was an established member of the scientific community in London, but it was ...

Scientists have discovered that light’s long-ignored magnetic field may directly drive the Faraday effect.

Michael Faraday, despite his initial background as a chemist, made significant contributions to the understanding of electricity and magnetism. Faraday's self-education, beginning with an ...

Michael Faraday was born in 1791 in London to a local blacksmith and a housemaid. Despite these humble beginnings, Faraday is remembered among the most respected scientists in history, pioneering the ...

THE correspondence which has passed between the great pioneers of modern science must always be of interest to the present generation of workers. The interest is enhanced for us in the present case ...