Let’s assume there are still good actors in computing, people who not only want results and funding, but also care about the craft and answering the scientific questions. Assuming such people actually ...

Few inventions have had such a profound impact on modern society as the electric motor. Today, these machines power everything from household appliances to industrial machinery, creating a reliable ...

In 1825 Michael Faraday isolated a sweet-smelling chemical that he dubbed bi-carburet of hydrogen. That molecule, better ...

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, ...

1791: Michael Faraday is born. In his 76 years on the planet, the chemist-physicist will make fundamental contributions to our understanding of electricity and magnetism, advise governments and ...

Seminal Michael Faraday paper digitally stored in fluorescent dyes The dyes are cheap to make, but they can't be read without a special microscope.

Real scientists, like Michael Faraday (1791-1867), whose birthday is this week, ... Faraday then turned his own thinking inside out. In 1831 he invented the dynamo, an inverse motor.

Michael Faraday, a British scientist who was credited with the discovery of electromagnetic induction, the principle behind the electric transformer and generator—was born September 22, 1791, in the ...

Michael Faraday, FRS (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of ...

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