The electric life of Michael Faraday / Alan Hirshfeld.

By:

Hirshfeld, Alan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Walker, 2006.Description: xiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0802714706
9780802714701

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DDC classification:

530.092 HIR

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Table of contents

Contents:

Improvement of the mind -- Perceptions perfectly novel -- The university of experience -- Fear and confidence -- Rising to the light -- He smells the truth -- A twitch of the needle -- Toil and pleasure -- A cage of his own -- An excellent day\'s work -- Nothing is too wonderful to be true -- A partaker of infinity -- The light unseen -- The simplest earthly place.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	530.092 HIR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100399469

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-242) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. xi)
Chapter 1 Improvement of the Mind (p. 1)
Chapter 2 Perceptions Perfectly Novel (p. 23)
Chapter 3 The University of Experience (p. 43)
Chapter 4 Fear and Confidence (p. 57)
Chapter 5 Rising to the Light (p. 73)
Chapter 6 He Smells the Truth (p. 93)
Chapter 7 A Twitch of the Needle (p. 111)
Chapter 8 Toil and Pleasure (p. 125)
Chapter 9 A Cage of His Own (p. 138)
Chapter 10 An Excellent Day's Work (p. 150)
Chapter 11 Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True (p. 161)
Chapter 12 A Partaker of Infinity (p. 174)
Chapter 13 The Light Unseen (p. 184)
Chapter 14 The Simplest Earthly Place (p. 194)
Epilogue (p. 211)
Notes (p. 215)
Bibliography (p. 235)
Acknowledgments (p. 243)
Art Credits (p. 245)