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Have you heard the name Michael Faraday? He was not as popular as Einstein but he made great contributions to science nonetheless. He focused on the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. This book will focus on Faraday and the life he lived as a citizen and a scientist. Read and learn about his life today!

Have you heard the name Michael Faraday? He was not as popular as Einstein but he made great contributions to science nonetheless. He focused on the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. This book will focus on Faraday and the life he lived as a citizen and a scientist. Read and learn about his life today!

My First Science Biography explores the lives of some of the world’s best-known scientists. Highlighting the life and times of each notable scientist, this biography series provides an in-depth look at the inspiration, achievements, and successes that define these great individuals. Informative firsthand accounts and stunning visuals engage students in compelling and timeless tales. My First Science Biography is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.

Charles Ludwig retells Michael Faraday’s remarkable life story in fictionalized form. Here is the father of the electric motor, the dynamo, the transformer, the generator. Few persons are aware of the brilliant man’s deep Christian convictions and his determination to live by the Sermon on the Mount. For ages 12 to 15.

Examines the life of the English physicist, who rose from a boyhood in the slums of London to make significant discoveries in the study of electricity, magnetism, and light.

Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the son of a blacksmith, described his education as "little more than the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic at a common day-school." Yet from such basics, he became one of the most prolific and wide-ranging experimental scientists who ever lived. As a bookbinder's apprentice with a voracious appetite for learning, he read every book he got his hands on. In 1812 he attended a series of chemistry lectures by Sir Humphry Davy at London's prestigious Royal Institution. He took copious and careful notes, and, in the hopes of landing a scientific job, bound them and sent them to the lecturer. Davy was impressed enough to hire the 21-year-old as a laboratory assistant. In his first decade at the Institution, Faraday discovered benzene, isobutylene, and two chlorides of carbon. But despite these and other accomplishments in chemistry, he is chiefly remembered for his work in physics. In 1831 he proved that magnetism could generate an electric current, thereby establishing the field of electromagnetism and leading to the invention of the dynamo. In addition to his extraordinary scientific activities, Faraday was a leader in his church, whose faith and wish to serve guided him throughout his career. An engaging public speaker, he gave popular lectures on scientific subjects, and helped found a tradition of scientific education for children and laypeople that continues to this day. Oxford Portraits in Science is an ongoing series of scientific biographies for young adults. Written by top scholars and writers, each biography examines the personality of its subject as well as the thought process leading to his or her discoveries. These illustrated biographies combine accessible technical information with compelling personal stories to portray the scientists whose work has shaped our understanding of the natural world.