Talk:Michael Faraday
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Is this a typo, or is there something really neat about a 'nbote' that I don't know about? Hey - it's a science article and I'm an art historian, but I *tend* to understand these things up to about 1900.
- 'After he sent Humphrey Davy a sample of nbote that he had made'
No, It's note. I actually typed that line ages back, and the typo slipped through. - look at the keyboard... -- {{Malcolm Farmer]]
Don't be silly! There is no such verb as 'to apprentice'.
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i seem to remember that faraday was a 'mathematical illiterate' which was mentioned to me by some professors at one time or another to teach, i suppose, that knowledge is not limited to the way it is taught from a textbook. perhaps this could be researched and added, if true.
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The phrase 'mathematical illiterate' seems to carry a negative connotation, although your teacher probably did not intend it that way, that is probably not appropriate, although the point about textbooks is well made. It is unlikely to be literally true. He seems to have a good grasp of geometry, for instance. Faraday's experimental work was outstanding, and this may obscure some of the important abstractions that he pioneered, such as lines of force. Apparently, one of his great gifts was an ability to convey important concepts in clear terms to laymen. He was also embedded in a very strong class system, and he probably found it advantageous to play to the prevailing predjudices that existed. Richard Feynman comes to mind as a possible modern exemplar of these traits.
Could somebody just write a summary of What Faraday did in his life that was important. Thank You.
- Says here, "he lacked a good background in mathematics." 'Here' being "The 100" by Michael H. Hart. Brutannica 01:41, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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The second sentence in the paragraph beginning with "In 1845" seems way too complex a sentence for an article of this nature. Also, why isn't there anything in here about the Bunsen burner when it's mentioned in the first sentence?
I also find it odd no one mentioned much about his chemistry work... it could probably use more about that from someone more adept at chemistry than I am. Brutannica 01:30, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
According to an informal rule concocted by Dandrake at the Galileo Galilei talk page, someone needs to back up the Bunsen burner reference in the intro or delete it. I don't want to delete it, so can ANYONE WHO'S READING THIS PLEASE TAKE NOTE? Brutannica 03:15, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
--- It is misleading to call electricity an energy source. Its only a source at the point of delivery. Its a means of transmitting energy from a true source to another point. I have changed this wording . Lumos3 13:09, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)