About this book

Magneto-optics, diamagnetism and lines of force. The road to field theory.

The author

Michael Faraday

1791–1867 · British scientist

Copley Medal
Professor at Royal Institution
Fellow of the Royal Society

Profession: Physicist, Chemist, Professor
Worked at: Royal Institution, George Riebau
Prizes: Copley Medal (1832), Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1829), Royal Medal (1835), Rumford Medal (1846), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Fellow of the Royal Society (1824), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1832), Albert Medal (1866)

A bookbinder's apprentice who taught himself science from the books he bound.

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Reading order

Prerequisite: Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume II (Faraday)

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Editions

11 editions · 3 hardcover, 3 paperback

First published 1855

Earliest edition listed: 2002 · Adamant Media Corporation · Paperback

2002 · Adamant Media Corporation · Paperback · ISBN 9781421271859
2012 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9781108053594
2013 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ISBN 9781139383165
2015 · Arkose Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9781345559910
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780341983842
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780341983835
2018 · Franklin Classics · Hardcover · ISBN 9780342305216
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780344274657

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2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780343939458
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780343939441
2023 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781021010445

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Subjects

Physics