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Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity:Guide to a
First Reading
by Howard J. Fisher
7" x 10", xvi+619 pages, bibliography, index.
Publication date, March 2001.
In this guidebook to Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity,
Howard Fisher guides the reader through Faraday's work, displaying Faraday's
experimental virtuosity and keen theoretical insight. Fisher has a wonderful
way of seeing the philosophical and literary aspects that make Faraday's
Researches not cold science but a human work. Fisher's thoughtful selections
and clear, helpful explanations of the instrumentation and electromagnetic
phenomena make this fascinating text accessible to those who lack time
to find their way through the labyrinths of the original.
Even those familiar with Faraday's work and knowledgeable about the technical
aspects will be delighted by the dimensions of Faraday's vision which
Fisher opens up through his introductions to each of Faraday's Series
and through his running commentaries, a vision which unfolds intricately
and thrillingly like a detective story and grips and holds the reader's
attention.
For those who are new to Faraday, or who have only dipped into the enticing
treasure trove of the Experimental Researches, Fisher's book is a sure
and gentle hand to guide a first reading of the weighty classic. Fisher's
thoughtful selections and clear, helpful explanations of the instrumentation
and chemistry make this fascinating text accessible to those who lack
time to find their way through the labyrinths of the original.
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"An excellent introduction to Faraday's work on electricity."
---L. Pearce Williams, Cornell University, author of Michael Faraday.
"Among creative scientific workers, Michael Faraday's writings are some of
the most accessible. Yet there are terms, constructions, and theories in
his work the meaning of which are not immediately transparent even to the
informed reader. Fisher in this guide has provided a useful way through
parts of Faraday's enormously influential Experimental Researches in
Electricity."
---Frank A.J.L. James, The Royal Institution,
editor of The Correspondence of Michael Faraday.
"Faraday is always a delight to read--he's lucid and carries the reader with
him on his odyssey investigating physical phenomena. We are also
privileged to witness each stage in the development of his ideas. In this
edition of his Experimental Researches in Electricity our appreciation of
Faraday's writings is further heightened by Howard Fisher acting as our
trusty and perceptive guide."
---Geoffrey Cantor, University of Leeds,
author of Michael Faraday, Sandemanian and Scientist.
"Howard Fisher has produced an invaluable guide for the reader new to
Faraday's writings. With a keen sense of what readers might find
confusing, Fisher provides clear explanations of the basic science,
decriptions of unusual apparatus, helpful terminology notes, and new
figures that enhance otherwise-puzzling aspects of one of the liveliest and
most readable of all great scientific works. Used alone, or--even
better--along with the recently republished complete series of Faraday's
Experimental Researches in Electricity, Fisher's book is likely to be the
standard 'starting place' for years to come.
---Ryan Tweney, Bowling Green State University,
author of Michael Faraday's 'Chemical Notes, Hintes, Suggetions and Objects
of Pursuit' of 1822.
"Howard Fisher is exceptionally well equipped to guide us in a reading of
the Experimental Reseaches in Electricity. He himself has an impressive
talent for experimenting and his years of experience in discussing the
"Great Books" in seminars at St. John's College have revealed his skill at
ferreting out central issues and clarifying discussion of them."
---Thomas K. Simpson, St. John's College,
author of Maxwell on the Electromagnetic Field.
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Sewn softcover, ISBN 1-888009-14-4, List price $34.95.
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