Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist: A Study of Science and Religion in the Nineteenth CenturySpringer, 2016 M07 27 - 359 pages 'Deserves to be as popular with non-specialists as with those who have a science background...I can think of sixth-formers I would offer it to, and I know of an eighty-year-old (non-specialist) who would not let me finish my copy in peace' - Elspeth Crawford, Physics Education 'Cantor...achieves a level of insight into Farday's life which far surpasses all other biographies. It will form the basis on which future studies of all aspects of Faraday's life and work will have to be built' - Frank A.J.James, British Journal for the History of Science 'A sympathetic and accessible treatment of Faraday's life and work' - David Gooding, Physics World 'For those who want to know more about one of the UK's greatest figures, it is essential reading' - A.R.Butler, Chemistry in Britain 'Excellent Biography' - John Kerr, Scientific and Medical Network Newsletter This book locates Faraday and his science in the context of the Sandemanians. We gain both a new interpretation of one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century and a fascinating insight into the relation between science and religion. |
Contents
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The London Sandemanian Fellowship 5597 A60 22 | 37 |
Faraday among the Sandemanians | 55 |
Faraday in Society | 86 |
Scientific Institutions | 119 |
A Theology of Nature | 161 |
Faraday on Scientific Method | 196 |
Scientific Investigations | 225 |
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Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist: A Study of Science and Religion ... Geoffrey Cantor No preview available - 1993 |
Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist: A Study of Science and Religion ... Geoffrey Cantor No preview available - 1993 |
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