Michael Faraday: The Father of Electricity

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Make a video on a dictator bro.

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Posted 5 days ago? WHAT

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@biographics I see you found a time machine...lmao

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MAke a video about Queen Marie of Romania, pls. Why do you hate me, Simon

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@@Darkangel9036 They post these videos days ahead of time and keep them private until the day they're released. This Biographics comment was written when they uploaded the video.

[@johnraneanier3852]

"No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe." M. Faraday. Fantastic closing thought.

[@jbcheema9883]

"The biggest discovery of my life is, Michael Faraday." -Sir Humphry Davy

[@rogerszmodis]

Easily up there with Newton, Maxwell, Einstein and Planck as one of the most important figures in physics

[@stefanschleps8758]

Intelligent yes. Genius no. Hardly the same impact. This is why there are intelligence tests.

[@_chuoiarmy7422]

I guess you forgot one thing. Einstein have a portrait of Michael Faraday on his wall, too. Better shut up if you don't watch Einstein's Big Idea, ok?

[@madmarvdesigns]

Michael Faraday is such an underrated figure in physics and engineering his contributions changed the entire world

[@rapturekevin]

Don't forget me at the tender age of 3 years old I discovered not to put butter knives in electrical outlets. 😎

[@lnnzed4837]

@@madmarvdesigns underrated? Idts.

[@robwright3099]

A bookbinder’s apprentice with an 8th grade education shook the world. What an amazing mind.

[@rdrun51660]

Could Faraday even imagine, in his wildest dreams, the impact he would have on the world with a piece of wire, some mercury and some electrons?!?!

[@1pcfred]

Faraday had to make his own insulated wire. When he was working with electricity there was simply no call for such a thing in the wider world. Legend has it he used the thread of his wife's silk wedding dress to make the insulation.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

MAGNETS! Don't forget the magnets.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Faraday very intuitively and inventively introduced the concept that electromotive force consists of 'FIELDS of energy which might be stored and released through the conductance, inductance, and capacitance of various structures and chemical components. While we contemporarily assign values of capacitance in values of "FARADS", that early insight to the relationship between energy and time inspired the applications which allow us to share information through our keyboards, video displays, speakers, and keyboards today.

[@songhaidragon1395]

Where did he get mercury from

[@markcarey67]

You missed the bit where Davy, initially proud of his prodigy, tried to screw him over once he started to be more famous than Davy himself.

[@Seele2015au]

When in partnership with Davy, Thomas Wedgwood very nearly invented photography, beating Niepce and Talbot, and the only hurdle was one aspect in chemistry that Davy would have known: how to dissolve silver-based compounds.

[@treborironwolfe978]

Though you were too humble to accept your knighthood.. Rest well, Sir Faraday, and thank you for your passion and insight that helped make the world a brighter place.

[@kuruvillageorge1735]

If Michael Faraday was not there there wouldn't have been electric motor. He is a great man

[@shaunmattice6413]

Faraday was a pretty bright guy.

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Please stop

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@@bosstacosandetb2248 why not? It’s a pretty decent joke

[@mrmcafeeboat2887]

I love Michael faraday

[@peacejoy1396]

@@bosstacosandetb2248 I found it just shocking tbh

[@quantumpotential7639]

His presence would light up a room.

[@dcviper985]

James Clerk Maxwell comes to mind when talking about electricity

[@_chuoiarmy7422]

I just really love Michael Faraday through this biography. Faraday inspired me a lot in my school time and during my outbreak, too. Michael Faraday is my idol friend for my future. Nice video, Simon!

[@treborironwolfe978]

Starting at the bottom is not always a "bad" thing.. For me, I find that working my way up from simpler things to more complex things gives me a wider view of the big picture.

[@loraxdavewalters2696]

I find it to be my only option.

[@fredk.2001]

That is why engineers should be field service technicians BEFORE they are allowed to design machines.

[@loraxdavewalters2696]

@@fredk.2001 like how Einstein was a patent clerk reading everything about new tech possible to understand what he was doing.

[@the_hanged_clown]

be nice if it were actually possible to do this, anyplace I've worked at one would have needed a degree and/or friends in high places already working there to get anywhere. edit: just reread your comment and now I'm thinking maybe you weren't talking about employment specifically lol

[@Abraxium]

In Faraday's time, it was most definitely not "good". Social background would very often play a part in what you were allowed in life. This was not a meritocratic society, if you want a prime example of this, look at the officers and generals commissioning themselves during the Crimean War

[@burke615]

17:35 "It's well known that science and religion rarely go hand in hand." Even as an atheist, this statement bothers me. While that's arguably more true here in the third millennium, historically there have been any number of religious scientists/"natural philosophers" (the name for scientists before the modern term.) A statement that might be more true is that science and fundamentalist religion rarely go hand in hand. (It's much harder to square a literal reading of an ancient text with modern knowledge of the natural world.) That said, most religious people are not fundamentalists, and even those scientists who are find it possible to set aside their religious beliefs while doing science. Some examples of modern religious scientists include Francis Collins, who led the National Human Genome Research Institute; Mary Schweitzer, the paleontologist who led the groups that discovered the remains of blood cells and of soft tissue in dinosaur fossils; and Katherine Johnson, a mathematician on NASA's Mercury, Apollo, and space shuttle programs whose work was dramatized in the movie "Hidden Figures." Those are just the ones that spring instantly to mind; I'm sure there are many others.

[@Nyctophora]

Thank you; I am not religious either, but that was well said.

[@TheSylda]

Georges Lemaître the first person to theorise that the universe was expanding was a catholic priest and while looking up how to spell his name, I found out that wikipedia literally has a List of Catholic clergy scientists

[@chasegilmond5637]

I've always felt science and Christianity go hand in hand. As a Christian I feel like science explains a lot of the stuff in the Bible. I agree with Faraday in the sense that God created the natural world and the natural laws that govern it.

[@SigEpBlue]

Hard to overlook how Galileo was treated by the Catholic church, though.

[@burke615]

@@SigEpBlue The full statement in the video was that, "[His faith] makes Faraday something of an anomaly in the scientific community, because it's well known that science and religion rarely go hand in hand." That you bring up yet another religious scientist in Galileo only strengthens my point that he was anything but an anomaly. If you want to argue that religion can cause some people to reject scientific discoveries for illogical reasons, go ahead and make that argument. I'm right there with you, because there's plenty of evidence for that. But that's not the statement I took issue with. Simon/D Kelly specifically said that religiosity in a 19th century scientist made him an anomaly. That's patently untrue.

[@mrmike2119]

Very interesting, Simon. Thank you for educating as well as entertaining us.

[@BrainsApplied]

*"It's also a poignant tale of how anyone - regardless of their background, their education, or their upbringing - can make a real impact"* I feel like that's the case for 90% of the subjects here :p

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Brains Applied That’s a very Conservative idea

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@@CaLIcOSoUNdS so 100%

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It's almost like if you you don't have a tragic background you can't be great lol

[@quantumpotential7639]

Sounds fascinating. What line of work are you in which affords you the opportunity to see I to this dynamic? Thanks 💪🇺🇸🏋️

[@victorherron2767]

“It’s well known that science and religion rarely go hand-in-hand.” And yet: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): abbess considered to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany; Roger Bacon (1214 - 1294) - friar who made significant contributions to mathematics & optics and has been described as the forerunner of the modern scientific method; William Turner (1508-1568) - clergyman & physician has been called "the father of English botany"; Robert Boyle (1627-1691) - theologian & Christian apologist largely regarded as the first modern chemist; Nicolas Steno (1638-1686) - Bishop often called the father of geology & stratigraphy; Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) - mathematician, physicist & astronomer whose Defense of the Divine Revelation against the Objections of the Freethinkers argued for the divine inspiration of Scripture; Andrew Gordon (1712-1751) - priest, monk, physicist & inventor of the electrostatic reaction motor; Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 - 1762) - Anglican deacon, astronomer & geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations; René Just Haüy (1743-1822) - priest known as the father of crystallography; Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) - abbot & father of genetics; José María Algué (1856-1930) - priest & meteorologist who invented the barocyclonometer (a type of barometer); Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) - priest, geologist, paleontologist & co-discoverer of Peking Man; Arthur Compton (1892-1962) - church deacon, physicist & Nobel Prize winner in Physics 1927; Georges Lemaître (1894-1966) - priest & physicist known as the father of the Big Bang Theory; Mary Kenneth Keller (1914-1985) - nun who was the first woman in the US to earn a PhD in Computer Science; Moshe David Tendler (1926 - present) - rabbi, professor of biology & past president of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists; John Polkinghorne (1930 - present) - priest, physicist & co-discoverer of the quark. Usama Hasan (? - present) - imam, physicist, astronomer & Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society who has taught that Islam is compatible w/the modern theory of evolution, pointing to antecedents among medieval Muslim philosophers. The list goes on & on & ON. Many are quick to hold up the “Galileo Affair” as proof of the antipathy between religion & science, but a closer reading of history shows that that unfortunate business was an anomaly, not the only one, to be sure, but still an exception to the rule. James Hannam’s (PhD in the History & Philosophy of Science) books, God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science, and The Genesis of Science: How the Christian Middle Ages Launched the Scientific Revolution, provide a well-researched alternative view (it was the basis of his doctoral thesis) to the faith-vs-reason false-dichotomy, which actually has its origin only in certain headline-grabbing, sensationalist rhetoric of the mid-19th century, but which continues to be perpetrated today despite tonnes of evidence to the contrary. I do enjoy your content, BTW, and am a subscriber. Best wishes. -- Fr. Victor H.

[@jmchez]

Galileo would never had gone on trial had he written his book on the Copernican theory in Latin instead. He was actually given permission to discuss and analyze the Copernican theory in a learned manner. He not only disobeyed that by writing a layman's book in Italian but, he also publicly insulted his own friend, Pope Urna VIII, a man who had praised Galileo as being the smartest man in the world and blessed by God , by using Urban's own words as the parting thoughts of a stupid character in his book. He also insulted may leading scholars of his day and made political enemies by the truck load. On top of that he wrote his book on geocentrism in the middle of a war, a period where disobeying political authority was tantamount to treason. Thus, the trial about a theory that previous popes had ignored, even when Copernicus had dedicated his own book to a previous Pope. As Isaac Newton said, "Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."

[@lilbatz]

That was wonderful, Simon!💕

[@smartkidjimmy213]

I love how detailed your videos are

[@codidevlugt2153]

"While Michael was conducting his experiments, no pun intended." Almost forgot what channel this was and expected a classic Simon rimshot. Lol

[@LexieLPoyser]

@biographics I love your videos about lesser known scientists, I'm glad they're getting tribute for their work.

[@stnwrd]

Thank you very, very much Mr. Faraday for your perseverance. And much thanks to you Simon for this biography. Cheers to both of you. :)

[@Loop-flow]

This was very interesting. Thank you.

[@dogcowrph]

Thanks Simon. As a Chemistry major and pharmacist I find anything to do with science fascinating. I graduated college back in the eighties. I wish I had had you as a professor. Keep up all the good and interesting work.

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Between all your channels and content, you have made this damn quarantine a joyful time for me, thank you very much to you and your team

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Another Great Video & History! Very Well done. Thank you and Very Much Enjoy the videos.

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Fascinating! Thank you 😘

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Hey, Simon. I'd love to see a James Clerk Maxwell Biographics sometime in the future. Thanks for the hard work. Appreciate you guys.

[@PsionicMonk]

What a fascinating man. I had somehow missed hearing about him in school (I had a lot of problems with my high school) and he obviously did a lot for humanity as a whole.

[@jmchez]

Historians will talk to no end about the Napoleonic wars and the American Civil War but fail to mention the amazing world changing discoveries that Faraday and his Friend James Clerk Maxwell did around the same time.

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Excellent job Biographics!!

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Congrats on the 1 million subs my man

[@MrWhangdoodles]

I think this is your best biography video yet.

[@amitbenjam]

Another noteworthy contribution (which will speak more to the STEMs out there) is that Faraday is responsible for one of the most important theoretical ideas in physics: the Field. What’s unique about Faraday is that his work combined deep analytical thinking and technical skills on the one hand, but imagination, creativity and intuitive understanding, on the other. This is a great example because observing force as a field Is an idea that is very abstract mathematically, but Faraday had a very intuitive and grounded concept of it, which came directly from experiments he conducted using iron filings that he dispersed near magnets and conductive wires. The filings moved under the influence of the magnetic or electric force, Creating a complex yet tangible picture of considerably arranged lines of iron filings, curls and divergence points. This was later taken on by Maxwell who provided them with the necessary mathematical substantiation in his famous equations (btw Faraday wrote him a letter in which he actually thanked him for even considering his idea) However, the reason this is so important is that it changed the basic scientific understanding of force - up until that point we viewed a force between objects as an immediate application. Faraday claimed that an instant action between two remote objects isn't in any way physical. The field lines represent the advancement of a force along them, that it takes time for a force to act in space, and can’t be instant.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

TIME! How could that factor occur to the human imagination before the development of modern analytic instruments?

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Small wonder that quantities / qualities of 'capacitance' be called 'Farads' as the science and study of electro-motive-force evolved.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

The qualities / quantities of 'inductance' were readily grasped through observable phenomena available to Maxwell, et al. Faraday was a few steps ahead.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

The intuitive qualities of pioneering members associated with British Science might explain their advanced application of Radio and Radar. Applications which likely preserved Western Civilization in 1940.

[@titicoqui]

so well done

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Man this guy is everywhere! I love it.

[@ripsumrall8018]

Faraday.... my goodness, what a genius! A favorite of mine.

[@YourFriendNate]

Thanks for taking such time to speak of Mr Faraday.. he was a great man.

[@sergiolucas38]

great video, man, thanks :)

[@wfp9378]

Thank you for covering him. I am surprised at the number of people who have never heard of him. I knew about him before I was 10 years old thanks to reading, and wonder what is happening to the worlds education system? However, thank you for illuminating so many new people to his amazing life.

[@twocvbloke]

Amazing to think that someone with virtually no qualifications basically made the technological world what it is today, a great man indeed... :)

[@quantumpotential7639]

His 'qualification' was is that he had a brain. And he used it? All of it. Because he did not have a tv at home, he was able to get more out of his single brain than 330,000,000 Americans who have lost the ability to think beyond the attention span of a goldfish. It's just that simple.

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Next on The Biographics Show... *Simon Whistler: The Man The Myth The Legend*

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Or.. *Simon Whistler: The Mythical Man with the Legendary Beard*

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@General Grievous can't stop us from dreaming

[@stipe3124]

Maybe Simon has a twin also named Simon who also does YouToube and will want to make his brother biography ! Also how else can you explain so many Simon's on YouToube

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He may already have one and when he died it will be last BIO posted.

[@afridmohamed4560]

Thank you for this video on the great and humble scientist Faraday.

[@leighmitcler3320]

My son admires Michael Faraday so much he named his daughter (my granddaughter) Faraday Louise July 17th.

[@Grummash]

This is one of your best videos.. well done Sir! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@CM-kl9qh]

T=17:35. “This makes Faraday something of an anomaly... “ Faradays’ beliefs were much more prevalent in his day than in ours. Sir Isaac Newton wrote more on Theology than on science. That said, today many scientist and engineers are active evangelical Christians. Just because we understand the underlying principles of how the universe works doesn’t mean there isn’t a Creator. Excellent vlog, SW. Well balanced. Thank you!

[@quantumpotential7639]

Kenneth Copeland helped create the airplane right along side the Wright Brothers. Today he pilots a private jet. On his days off, I understand that he can typically be found in his own laboratory where he is building a quantum computer to help crack the real codes hidden in the Bible.

[@Tuberuser187]

I knew a lot about his work and discoveries but I knew nothing of him as a person, my respect for him has soared now I do know about him.

[@Rhysand_x]

Love your informative videos. Have you ever covered the Knights Templars?

[@isaiasyoyo]

Amazing !! Love it

[@ahmedb2559]

Thank you !

[@it_instructor]

16:15 from Faraday's Law to Inlaws..." in which case you might be hoping for a little bit of lightning..." 😂😂😂

[@alexandercarder2281]

“You missed our meeting 40 years ago, and we remember but more importantly, God remembers and will scorn you for ALL eternity because you missed that one meeting”

[@GearheadDaily]

I need to hit up the Faraday Cafe.

[@mdb1239]

Thank-you. Great.

[@hanzup4117]

Good evening, team Biographics!

[@acetate909]

@15:45 Why did Faraday shop at the discount bird cage store? Because of their great buy one, get one free of charge deals.

[@annescholey6546]

A current affair 😅😅

[@brendawilliams8062]

Lol

[@muhammadmahmud7562]

I think you should do a video on James clerk Maxwell next. Keep up the good work. 😁

[@aldoushuxley5953]

Please do Aldous Huxley next (the brave new world guy)

[@andrewhall7930]

Everyone on this channel knows Huxley and Brave New World. I would bet most people even know that the Band the Doors got their name from a Huxley quote :)

[@aldoushuxley5953]

@@andrewhall7930 maybe :) but he is not as famous around the world, as he is in the US and England. I live in Germany for example, and would bet, that most people don't know him. Besides, his life was quite interesting. He did not just write bnw and otherwise do nothing ever... Even if most people have read bnw, they probably havn't read a biography on him

[@VCYT]

Extra facts... Eienstien kept a photograph of Faraday on his desk. Faraday appeared on the £10 UK cash note in the 90s. A scientist character from the series Lost was named after faraday.

[@treborironwolfe978]

HA HA HAHA HA HAHAHA HA HAH! Whoo.. headrush.. ahem.. excuse me a for a moment.. HA! HAHAHAHAHAH HA HAHAHA HA!

[@dogcowrph]

Trebor Ironwolfe That much gas can cause brain damage! 😂😅🤣

[@metro6567]

Wooo more scientists! I'd love to see a video on Richard Feynman

[@alexcarter8807]

There's a great docu about Feynman on here though and some great lectures by him - his accent is great.

[@rayunseitig6367]

great stuff.

[@Spartan265]

I had never heard of this man before this video, however learning about him now I understand just how important he was. That final quote hit me hard for some reason. Mr. Faraday thank you for everything you have contributed to humanity. Wherever you are may you always rest in peace.

[@oslonorway547]

I don't know how it is now, but in the old days his name was always among the prominent ones mentioned in a physics class.

[@the_hanged_clown]

I know him mainly from a thing called a Faraday Cage. if you've ever watched the newer The Sorcerer's Apprentice you'll have seen it's wonder at work in a quite spectacular display. it can also be miniaturized to fit over one's phone or other device to give the effects of going completely off-grid so long as the device is fully inside. edit: when I wrote this I hadn't yet got to when he talks about them lol

[@factor2634]

Its hard for me sometimes to know that this is the same guy that does business blaze LOL !!! Love your stuff man

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

Thank you

[@wallymcallister5831]

Especially enjoyed this one.

[@davidlixenberg5999]

While I enjoyed your video about Michael Faraday and learned some things that I am pleased to have been taught, I would love to know much more about the relationship between the master, David Humphrey and the disciple, Michael Faraday. Furthermore, your presentation of the electric motor was brief. It could have been shown to work and more fully described and explained. That said I appreciate and applaud all of your work, all of your programmes. David Lixenberg

[@archit1939]

“No matter what you look at, if you look at it closely enough, you are involved in the entire universe.” man!!!!! thats the whole conclusion of entire SPIRITUALITY AND YOGA.

[@timkeene27]

I think that would startle Faraday who fervently believed in a Creator and creation and would never have blurred the distinction

[@laztoth3104]

I " Truly enjoy this channel" !! 👍👍👍👍

[@zdaaaaar]

"Hope you found that video interesting" Simon... You are not physically capable of doing not interesting video.

[@the_hanged_clown]

I would mind seeing him do unexpectedly amusing things like Michael over on D!NG

[@cillianwebster4886]

Awesome vid, would you be doing one on Kim Philby?

[@rabbi120348]

I worked on a secret military project in 1988-9 the entire building was a Faraday cage -- not to protect us but to prevent signals from the computers from leaking out.

[@dapper_gent]

I have several faraday bags to store all of my rfid belongings in. Thank you sir!

[@lordofelectrons4513]

More than seen a Faraday cage one of the labs I worked in was a rather substantial one composed of several layers to block magnetic as well as electric fields and radio frequency radiations.

[@hazevthewolf178]

The farad is the SI derived unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge. It is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday. (Source: Wikipedia) As one of my professors at university once said, "If they name something after you and start spelling it in lower case, you've definitely arrived."

[@sydhenderson6753]

There is also a unit called the faraday, which is the charge of a mole of electrons (though the SI unit is the coulomb). How many people have two units named after them? Ohm is the other one who comes to mind,

[@stigmatizedminstrel1837]

Thanks

[@waderaney7]

Great news to hear about one of the best invention that Edison never had to his name,well done Simon😉

[@melaniopadro768]

Nice, well written

[@stevenpdxedu]

Simon, always the consummate professional, you make it seem so easy. Thanks for your hard work.

[@CFG-eb3my]

Thank you hughley

[@glenmartin2437]

Thank you.

[@loraxdavewalters2696]

Now I want to make a science comedic band called Faraday Cage the Elephant! Shocking, I know.

[@christophersedlak1147]

thanks

[@mikehosken4328]

The Cosmos episode The Electric Boy was a complete episode on him. He was an amazing scientist and human.

[@_chuoiarmy7422]

Hey, I watched that, too. Just imagine how Michael Faraday could change the world with only a magnet. By the way, I like that Cosmos episode.

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Shocking, I'm positive this guy doesn't get enough credit. I'm charged to see this newest video.

[@JonGee420]

puntastic

[@burke615]

Quite an electrifying comment, @mr guderian.

[@Wardner213]

Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)

[@CitizenBeep]

"The Miners Safety Lamp" AKA the Davy Lamp.

[@victoriateague9012]

Bravo!

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

21:18 very true in particular looking through a telescope.

[@pvccannon1966]

As an electronics tech for over 30 years, I myself have been in many Faraday cages to test equipment with out interference from the out side.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:40 - Chapter 1 - A single loaf's salary 8:05 - Chapter 2 - Gainful employement 10:50 - Mid roll ads 12:15 - Chapter 3 - Powering up 16:55 - Chapter 4 - A temporary fall from grace 19:50 - Chapter 5 - Even the brightest lights begin to fade

[@thearabianmage]

No mention of how Davy was the guy to coin “aluminum” which, as an American living in England, and along with “soccer,” are British words that I get a particularly lot of grief for.

[@donlawler9510]

Would you consider doing a video on Jane Marcet's work? The video on Faraday is captivating and I think you'd do her justice.

[@originalhgc]

Another fascinating thing about Faraday's accomplishments is that he didn't use mathematics in his research. He didn't have much of an understanding of math, at least not the formal symbology of functions and equations and the like, though he certainly had an intuitive grasp of the mathematical relationships between the phenomena he was describing. Only later in life, when James Clerk Maxwell explained it to him, did Faraday come to appreciate the equations that described his work.

[@skwervin1]

He also did work on colloids - suspensions of solids into fluids that either do not settle out or take a long time. He made one of gold andthe gold STILL hasn't settles out of the solution. Think of it as a bottle of water that glitters with a tinge of gold... it is beautiful.

[@brendawilliams8062]

That sounds like a magician in pharaohs place of business

[@isxp]

Here's hoping we see James Clerk Maxwell next!

[@christinaybarra7075]

He will always be my greatest!!

[@daltonslayton6766]

Me looking up my favorite elecrical founder suddenly Simon shows up. I was surprised this time

[@sigor2011]

Brilliant!

[@trishapellis]

Nice fun mention of a faraday cage in pop culture: the alien invasion movie 'The Darkest Hour', where the aliens seem to sense people by electrical activity in their bodies, so you're safe inside a faraday cage (and behind a pane of glass). Not the greatest movie but this just reminded me of it.

[@Alphabet_-_]

He had electrical personality