This short biography aims to show, in non-technical language, how one major scientist lived and worked. It marks the bicentenary of Faraday's birth.

Faraday

History

Cantor, Geoffrey N.

Europe

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This book, first published in the U.K. by T&T Clark, expands on the authors' prestigious Glasgow Gifford Lectures of 1995-6. Brooke and Cantor herein examine the many different ways in which the relationship between science and religion has been presented throughout history. They contend that, in fact, neither science nor religion is reducible to some timeless "essence"--and they deftly criticize the various master-narratives that have been put forward in support of such "essentialist" theses. Along the way, they repeatedly demolish the clichés so typical of popular histories of the science and religion debate, demonstrating the impossibility of reducing these debates to a single narrative, or of narrowing this relationship to a paradigm of conflict.

Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science & Religion

Religion & Spirituality

Brooke, John Hedley

Christian Books & Bibles

UNKNO

Optics After Newton: Theories of Light in Britain and Ireland, 1704-1840

Science & Math

Manchester Univ Pr

Michael Faraday made important experimental discoveries, such as the principles behind the electric motor, transformer and dynamo, and he introduced novel and insightful scientific theories, such as field theory. He was also a communicator of science. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, which are now seen on television by millions of people each year, were founded by Faraday. This short biography follows Faraday's lead since it aims to show, in non-technical language, how one major scientist lived and worked. It is a contribution to the public understanding of science and also to the bicentanary celebrations of Faraday's birth.

Amer Inst of Physics

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