The theater of science -- Faraday's roots -- In London: the bookbinder's apprentice -- The royal institution -- Early chemical experiments -- The beginnings of electromagnetic research -- Chemistry and communication -- Deeper into electricity -- and magnetism -- Electromagnetism: "at play in the fields of the lord" -- Waning years
Summary
A biography of the nineteenth-century English scientist whose religious beliefs guided his exploration of electricity and magnetism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121) and index
