{"product_id":"the-electric-life-of-michael-faraday","title":"The Electric Life of Michael Faraday","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Faraday was one of the most gifted and intuitive experimentalists the world has ever seen. Born into poverty in 1791 and trained as a bookbinder  Faraday rose through the ranks of the scientific elite even though  at the time  science was restricted to the wealthy or well-connected. During a career that spanned more than four decades  Faraday laid the groundwork of our technological society-notably  inventing the electric generator and electric motor. He also developed theories about space  force  and light that Einstein called the \"greatest alteration . . . in our conception of the structure of reality since the foundation of theoretical physics by Newton.\"\"The Electric Life of Michael Faraday\" dramatizes Faradays passion for understanding the dynamics of nature. He manned the barricades against superstition and pseudoscience  and pressed for a scientifically literate populace years before science had been deemed worthy of common study. A friend of Charles Dickens and an inspiration to Thomas Edison  the deeply religious Faraday sought no financial gain from his discoveries  content to reveal Gods presence through the design of nature. In \"The Electric Life of Michael Faraday \" Alan Hirshfeld presents a portrait of an icon of science  making Faradays most significant discoveries about electricity and magnetism readily understandable  and presenting his momentous contributions to the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946976374837,"sku":"ByrdShop_1551929457","price":315.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781551929453.jpg?v=1770399677","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-electric-life-of-michael-faraday","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}