Faraday has become renowned as the discoverer of such phenomena as electromagnetic rotation, electromagnetic induction and the laws of electrochemistry. Moreover, his theoretical insights provided the basis for field theory. This book locates Faraday and his science in the context of the Sandemanians, an obscure Christian fundamentalist sect to which he belonged. After outlining the history of the sect, Faraday's social and political views, including his attitude to the scientific community, are shown to derive from the Sandemanian social philosophy. Likewise, his profoundly religious understanding of nature is seen as permeating many aspects of his science.
- ISBN10 0333550773
- ISBN13 9780333550779
- Publish Date 22 March 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 371
- Language English