Michael Faraday's scientific discoveries laid the basis for our modern electrical world. As a young man he travelled through Europe with Sir Humphry Davy who, by Napoleon's special permission, was visiting scientists in France, Italy and Switzerland. Faraday kept a diary, published in full here for the first time, together with letters he wrote while in Europe. he described some of the scientific work. Davy was doing, but most of his description is about the customs of the countries and details of scenery and buildings. In this volume we can follow the journey and share Faraday's interst in the people and places he visited.
- ISBN10 0863412343
- ISBN13 9780863412349
- Publish Date July 1991
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 180
- Language English