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What was Michael Faraday's greatest invention/contribution?

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What was Michael Faraday's greatest invention/contribution?

« on: 25/03/2017 05:32:12 »

Just a question.

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Re: What was Michael Faraday's greatest invention/contribution?

« Reply #1 on: 25/03/2017 08:43:16 »

I vote for his experimental discoveries in electromagnetism.

But even more than that was his ability to communicate science to the public, with his demonstrations of various scientific phenomena.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday

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Re: What was Michael Faraday's greatest invention/contribution?

« Reply #2 on: 25/03/2017 22:31:47 »

Quote from: evan_au on 25/03/2017 08:43:16

I vote for his experimental discoveries in electromagnetism.

I'll second that.

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